Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Little Girls - Tambourine (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Brunettes - Small Town Crew (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sharon... more info

Live Daily — Singer/songwriter M. Ward [ tickets ] has lined up a run of summer headlining dates as he continues to support his most recent studio album, "Hold Time." The tour gets underway July 22 with the first show in a four-night engagement in Carrboro, NC... more info

Originally, the album was to be released with a book of photographs by director David Lynch and vocals by such artists as The Flaming Lips, ' Gruff Rhys, Jason Lytle, the Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Frank Black, Iggy Pop, the Shins' James Mercer, more info

Live Daily — The Crystal Method [ tickets ] has tacked another leg onto the DJ duo's first US tour in five years, pushing the itinerary behind "Divided by Night" through mid-August. The pair--Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland--first hit the road in April and will ... more info

Stereogum — The night after performing on Conan, and two nights before duetting with Triumph The Insult Comic Dog at Bonnaroo, Neko Case headlined the Greek in LA. Maybe a little ambitious as the show wasn't very well attended (photographer Andrew Youssef not... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle is opening for Neko Case on the summer leg of her Middle Cyclone-supporting tour. Lytle also has his own headlining shows planned. Those include NYC shows on July 10th at Union Hall and July 11th... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Tickets to the following shows are on sale now: Sneaker Pimps NYC (exhibit of rare and amazing sneakers) featuring music by Big Boi (Outkast), The Clipse, The Cool Kids, Ninjasonik, Team Facelift, and another Co-headliner TBA at Terminal 5 on June 2... more info

Pop Candy — I'm hoping this week's podcast will help your day fly by much faster -- and some of the songs are so good that you may wanna hear them more than once. Highlights include a track from Jason Lytle that I... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Plankton said..."Young blood is the best blood" - on the, er, intimidatingly timeless youth of Michael Jacksonhttp://www.monktonvsplankton.co.ukJosh Haden said...Spain performing their song "Long Time Ago" recorded live at Aula Magna, Lisbon, Portuga... more info

Buzzgrinder — There's a whole lot I could say about Yours Truly, The Commuter, the first solo album from Jason Lytle since Grandaddy bit the dust. Being a big fan of the band, I could drool and/or rant like most fanboys have done thus far. But instead, I'll say t... more info