Pitchfork - Tours — 07-09 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex #07-10 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's #07-12 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #07-13 Seattle, WA - Neumo's #07-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore #07-16 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge #07-17 Denver, CO - Bluebird #07-19... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-22 Long Beach, CA - The Prospector *05-28 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar ^07-02 San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Veteran's Hall $07-09 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex #07-10 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's #07-12 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #07-13 Seattle, WA - Neumo's #07... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — It's worth taking a break from Before Today to watch this clip, but together by Nanuka. Thanks to CJ for the tip. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti tours this summer with Pearl Harbor + Magic Kids. mp3: ariel pink :: round and round ****** click thro... more info

Pitchfork — Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti are set to take their quite-possibly-drug-fueled freak show on the road in support of upcoming album Before Today, which comes out June 8 via 4AD. The album features Best New Track "Round and Round", which is currently b... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-04 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *06-10 Brighton, England - The Freebutt06-11 Bristol, England - The Fleece06-12 Nottingham, England - Spiky Van Dykes06-13 Glasgow, Scotland - Captain's Rest06-14 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club06-15 Lon... more info

NME - Radar — New logo! Ooh! I've spent the majority of my 26 years on earth making unsolicited and often unwanted mixtapes for friends and loved ones. So the thought that I now get to make one every month of all the best new music out there, that might recieve m... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — What's your favourite record label right now? Mine's got to be Sub Pop, which although always stellar, is really putting out some great new bands at the moment. Male Bonding, Dum Dum Girls, Magic Kids and Happy Birthday all making stunning music from... more info

NME - Radar — SXSW used to be way more about stumbling from shack to shack, soaking up what was on. But with the menacing mechanics of hype that thrusts approximately 342 new Myspace URLs on our laps each day it's way harder these days to make totally fresh 'disco... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — mp3: Happy Birthday :: Subliminal Message From Happy Birthday's self-titled debut, out tomorrow on Sub Pop. Catch Happy Birthday on Wednesday in Austin with Harlem, the Magic Kids, and more at the free True Panther / Harlem / GvsB presented Victims ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — We're helping to present this tight little last-minute unofficial SXSW kickoff party, put together by our friend Dean from the great True Panther, and the boys from Harlem. It goes down Wednesday, March 17 at Charlie's in downtown Austin. Free/No RVS... more info