Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Jack Johnson – To the Sea 2. Black Keys – Brothers 3. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening 4. Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles 5. Sleigh Bells – Treats 6. Nas and Damian Marley – Distant Relatives 7. Quadron ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — This much is true: If you write a song called “Drunk Girls,” no matter how thick you cake on the layers of irony, you will reap what you sow. Of course, there are other ways to explain the popularity of... more info

Pitchfork — Stream: Black Mountain: "Old Fangs": Old Fangs Spaced-out Vancouver riff-rockers Black Mountain have spent much of the time since releasing their last album, 2008's In the Future, concentrating on side projects like Pink Mountaintops and... more info

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Guardian Music — First taste of new Klaxons album suggests a band in throes of a personality crisisYou will have noticed a change in the public mood recently; an unease in the air, but also an optimism. Three years on from their last album – and a year after their ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — It's been said that LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls" bears a close melodic resemblance to the Velvet Underground's "White Light/White Heat". You can really hear the connection here, as scuzzy psych rockers Wooden Shjips cover the This Is Happening cut... more info

Guardian Music — From LP covers that come to life to the hazy, lazy sounds of summer, the pick of the best music online by Chris SalmonAt the beginning of May, a music-loving Photoshop enthusiast by the name of Dormouse set up two new blogs on Tumblr. For reasons unc... more info

Pitchfork — The Sasquatch! Festival took place this past weekend, May 29-31, at the Gorge in George, Washington. It featured sets from Pavement, My Morning Jacket, Vampire Weekend, the National, Broken Social Scene, MGMT, LCD Soundsystem (pictured above), the Ne... more info

Chorus.fm — *EDIT*: Contest is now over. The first person to reply to this thread who can arrange for their own transportation to or are from Los Angeles will win a pair of tickets to *LCD Soundsystem (http://www.absolutepunk.net/lcdsoundsystem)*'s sold-out sh... more info

MTV.com News — The latest 'Glee' soundtrack has a lock on the site's albums chart.By Gil Kaufman Katy Perry Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/ WireImage Though she lost out to Lady Gaga in MTV News' summer jam 2010 poll, Katy Perry is still off to a pretty go... more info