Brooklyn Vegan — alternate headline: Vampire Weekend headlining Hamptons Music Fest, go figure Vampire Weekend @ Coachella 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) MTK: Music To Know Festival announces its inaugural line up headlined by Vampire Weekend on Saturday, August 13th and B... more info

Stereogum — A new two-day festival, Music To Know, launches this August in East Hampton, New York with appropriate headliners Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes along with Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, and M. Ward, among others. Vampi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "Ladies and gentlemen, Merrill is performing at the..." That's as much introduction as we're given before Merrill Garbus herself yanks away the microphone and starts the show. The second album by tUnE-yArDs is defined from its opening seconds by fal... more info

Stereogum — She & Him have a few songs on the soundtrack for the upcoming Winnie The Pooh film. Disney posted this teaser and interview with the band. M. Ward only appears in the background though — Zooey Deschanel probably looks a little more child-friendly. ... more info

Pop Candy — One of the saddest parts about last year's South by Southwest was hearing that Alex Chilton had died at age 59. The singer/songwriter was scheduled ... more info

Guardian Music — Indie fans have much in common with foodies, from seeking out the rarest material to stressing about the means of productionDear Wendy,Is food the new indie rock? Rachel R, via email As rock has recently been declared dead by Paul Gambaccini, many ar... more info

melophobe — There is nothing quite like the dichotomous joy of crème brûlée: crunchy and warm on the outside with a creamy, cool interior that titillates the senses like no ice cream, cake or brownie could do . . . unless they were surrounded in crème brûlÃ... more info

Stereogum — All-American chums Yim and Matt have taken a fixation upon France’s caramel and custard confection to the internet. They even bought a domain name: cremebrulog.com. They’re still trying to figure out its format — it’s apparently meant to cata... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — “Don’t Look Back" is a retro-futuristic (is that a thing?) new video from Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward's indie outfit She & Him. The song is cute enough, but the video is adorbs-overload. Seriously, this thing features four different Zooey Ds in f... more info

Perez Hilton — This is so lovely! Check out this on-line only clip of Conan O'Brien playing guitar with Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward - of the band She & Him - during their acoustic performance of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (above)! We love everything abo... more info