Nialler9 — The best new music/artist picks of the last week. As published in today’s Day & Night Magazine. Follow Day & Night on Twitter and Facebook. Lightning Dust A side-project of Vancouver’s Black Mountain, Lightning Dust favours ’80s synth dramatics... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — [directed by Helen Reed. Fantasy is out June 25 on Jagjaguwar / via] more info

Guardian Music — Larmer Tree Gardens, North DorsetSo joyfully varied is the lineup at the much-loved End of the Road festival that themes emerge by chance. So it proved this year: where one visitor might have seen it as an event strong on acoustic Americana, another ... 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

Altsounds — Jagjaguwar are thrilled to announce that LIGHTNING DUST will return to these shores next month for an intimate London show, ahead of their appearance at the Matt Groening-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival. Support at The Lexington on Thursd... more info

The Music Fix — And prepare for Matt Groening curated ATP more info

Live Daily — Indie trio The Cave Singers [ tickets ] will head out on the road next month to launch a headlining run in support of the group's latest Matador release, "Welcome Joy." The folksy Seattle outfit--which features former Pretty Girls Make Graves memb... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — There's snow on the ground in Chicago, so it must be the time of year for... indie holiday compilations! Mental Beast have announced their "Eggnog Experience" mix, featuring contributions from Nick Krgovich (of P:ano and No Kids), Rose Melberg, Brass... more info

Altsounds — Jagjaguwar are thrilled to announce that LIGHTNING DUST will play the following UK dates in support of their recent second album Infinite Light. Support in London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Brighton comes from Secretly Canadian recording artists Early Da... more info

Quick Before It Melts — I don’t know whether it’s just a case of bloggers thinking alike, but it never fails that just when I strike on something new and exciting, I find that this guy or those guys posted it a few days (or months!) earlier.  Great minds, I guess, an... more info