Pitchfork - Tours — 07-22 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Valkhof Affaire07-23 Paris, France - Glazart07-24 London, England - 1234 Festival07-25 Sheffield, England - Tramlines Festival07-26 Newcastle, England - The Cluny07-27 Edinburgh, Scotland - Cabaret Voltaire07-28 Manc... more info

The Music Fix — The ladies bring their girl-group/punk-rock attack to these shores. more info

Guardian Music — Kurt Cobain loved them, so did Rough Trade and a generation of bands, but the Vaselines split before their debut album was released. Twenty years later, they are releasing their secondThere can be no greater boost for a struggling indie band than hav... more info

DrownedInSound — France's premiere music festival La Route Du Rock is back for 2010 with a stellar twentieth-anniversary lineup. The Flaming Lips, Massive Attack, Foals, Liars, Caribou, Dum Dum Girls, Owen Pallett and many more play three idyllic stages in French coa... more info

DrownedInSound — France's premiere music festival La Route Du Rock is back for 2010 with a stellar twentieth-anniversary lineup. The Flaming Lips, Massive Attack, Foals, Liars, Caribou, Dum Dum Girls, Owen Pallett and many more play three idyllic stages in French coa... more info

Rollo & Grady — We have two pairs of tickets to give away to R&G readers for Dum Dum Girls and Crocodiles tomorrow night at the Echo. Please email us at rollogrady@gmail.com to claim the tickets. The winners will be notified via email. For further show info (click h... more info

Guardian Music — Anyone for Tennis? Yes, please, if it involves fuzzy, aching chords topped with stories of sailing around the US east coastHometown: Denver, Colorado.The lineup: Alaina Moore (vocals, keyboards), Patrick Riley (guitar).The background: Anyone for Tenn... more info

Stereogum — You may know Frankie Rose as the onetime drummer of Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts and current drummer in Dum Dum Girls. (Or maybe via her time as a NYC bartender and Smiths fan.) Of course, if you’ve paid attention, you also know of her as the fr... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Former Vivian Girls/Crystal Stilts/Dum Dum Girls member Frankie Rose and her band, the Outs, are readying their self-titled debut full-length for a September 21 release via Slumberland. Here's the first taste from the record, the ornate garage-pop di... more info

The Music Fix — Support slots announced. more info