Guardian Music — Hercules And Love Affair, Mayer Hawthorne and the Phenomenal Handclap Band play Croatia's two-weekend Garden Festival (2-4 Jul & 9-11 Jul, Petrcane, thegardenfestival.eu) …Later in the year at the same venue, Electric Elephant (27-29 Aug, Petrcane,... more info

Pitchfork — MP3/Stream:> Alan Moore with Crook&Flail: Unearthing excerpt Unearthing, the new project from legendary comic writer Alan Moore, isn't a comic book at all; it's a box set. On the audio recording, Moore reads his story aloud, while Crook&Flail-- the d... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Faith Coloccia The massively influential slow-churn metal band Isis are calling it quits. The band announced their impending breakup yesterday on their blog, writing, "This end isn't something that occurred over night and it hasn't been brou... more info

Metalsucks — So I read on The PRP that Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum is doing the score for something called FRED, the Movie, starring someone named Fred Figglehorn. Now, unless it’s Pixar, I really don’t much about what’s going on in children’s cinema t... more info

411 Mania — This week, three of the more versatile members of the 90s Alternative pantheon go toe to toe in the 3Ls. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Since the break-up of Faith No More, Mike Patton has been on a recording frenzy.  Since 1997, he has recorded a total of 19 albums featured as a lead singer.  On top of that, he's been featured as a guest vocalist/musician/producer on an additio... more info

Pitchfork — With rents and crowding and subway service interruptions, living in New York City can be a massive pain in the ass. But one of the great reasons to live in the city is the wealth of outdoor concerts that come to town every year-- and a lot of them ar... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Radu said... Babe(b)logue's Last Updates: Magic Carpet - Same (England 1972) Cissoko - Bakine Percussion (Senegal 2001) Rogèrio Tavares - Galope (Brazil 2004) Urban Trad - Erbalunga (Belgium 2007) Riccardo Tesi - Presente Remoto (Italy 2007) Gladys ... more info

Guardian Music — Despite previous confusion, the comics wizard and the rap-metal mainman are officially working on a forthcoming audiobookLast year, we reported that Mike Patton was working with Watchmen writer Alan Moore, then we ran a report saying he wasn't, and n... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on general sale at noon for the 2nd (actually the first) Faith No More show at Williamsburg Waterfront. Tickets are on sale at noon for the Silversun Pickups / Against Me! show at Williamsburg Waterfront. Tickets are on... more info