Nialler9 — Forbidden Fruit Festival has revealed its initial lineup which takes place at the Grounds of the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham on June 2nd, 3rd and 4th (Sat-Monday) across five stages. Sat 2nd June: Leftfield, Bloody Beetroots, Booka Shade, The Field,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Four more Mazzy Star California shows, all before Coachella (still none in NY). All on sale today/Friday (2/3), and listed with ticket links below...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jonah Matranga released Voices + Dedication, an album made up entirely of cover songs, on January 1. He covers tracks by the reunited Mazzy Star, the slightly less recently reunited Hum, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Elliot Smith,... more info

Guardian Music — Other acts confirmed for California desert event include Pulp, Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsRadiohead, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg are to headline this year's Coachella festival in California. The event takes place in the de... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As promised, Mazzy Star are playing 2012 gigs in support of new material. So far that includes the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Field Day in the UK, a show at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in the UK, Optimus... more info

Stereogum — Coachella just posted this year’s lineup on its Facebook and Twitter. Headliners for the double weekend festival are Black Keys (Friday), Radiohead (Saturday), and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg (Sunday). Even more exciting are the acts highlighting the Rece... more info

KEXP Seattle — I was too young to be aware of the whole Paisley Underground scene at the time it was happening - of course I couldn’t possibly miss their two most famous products, The Bangles and Mazzy Star, but I had no notion of their connection to this scene (... more info

Guardian Music — Cult 90s band to play their first concert in 13 years at I'll Be Your Mirror festival in London next yearThe Afghan Whigs are to make London's Alexandra Palace the site of their first concert in 13 years. The 90s rockers will headline All Tomorrow's ... more info

Music is Art — ..laying myself down.. ..just to regret and that’s all.. After 15 years of waiting for something new, California’s Mazzy Star released two beautiful singles Lay Me Down, and Common Burn on October 31, 2011 through their private label Rhymes Of An... more info

Stereogum — On Monday, the great ’90s narco-folk duo returned, releasing the woozily beautiful comeback single “Common Burn“/”Lay Myself Down.” And as it turns out, that’s just a taste of what’s to come. According to NME, the group is planning to r... more info