Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jim Brueckner You've seen the uplifting YouTube videos of the school children from Staten Island, but to witness their contagious innocent joy in-person is even more of a must. It's almost as if each popular number that they... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned in last week's This Week in Indie, Ill Fits, who played Cameo on Saturday (7/30), have members of MGMT and Amazing Baby. Since that show, more details on the band have emerged. The Village Voice writes of... more info

NME — Singer Amy Lee reveals electro influence on self-titled new LP more info

Guardian Music — (Atlantic)There's no gang involved here, just university dropout Max McElligott, who quit his studies in London to make a go of his knack for orchestral pop. While there's no doubting his ability, particularly his talent for melody and ease with ela... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Big Sur's Henry Miller Library has booked an excellent lineup of summer/fall shows including Fleet Foxes, Explosions in the Sky and Philip Glass conducting "Dracula." more info

Guardian Music — (RCA)There's enough falsetto-vocaled synthpop currently emanating from the Antipodes (see also: Empire of the Sun, The Naked and Famous) to comprise a mini-trend; Melbourne duo Gypsy & the Cat's twist is their soft-rock streak, which enrobes silky e... more info

Perez Hilton — We've been obsessed with this song for a while! If you haven't heard Foster The People's Pumped Up Kics yet, you MUST check it out (above). Like MGMT 's Kids meets Peter Bjorn & John's Young Folks! So addictive!!!! more info

Guardian Music — Singer insists he did not give Republican candidate permission to use American Girl as part of her US presidential campaignTom Petty has told US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to stop using one of his songs as part of her campaign, insisting... more info

Perez Hilton — You've gotta be pretty ballsy to so blatantly sample MGMT's iconic hit Electric Feel. Then again, Frank Ocean begins Nature Feels by singing: "I've been meaning to fuck you in the garden." Yup, Frank Ocean is ballsy! And we love it! Check out our new... more info

Guardian Music — Robert Smith's blessing and a monster performance with Leftfield at Rockness have given Jess Mills the confidence to strike out aloneIt must take nerve, at your biggest gig to date, to step up and sing guest vocals on a long-adored tune in front of 2... more info