Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are still on AmEx presale and "Internet Presale" (password = HESPOON) for the Spoon/Deerhunter show at Radio City Music Hall. They go on general sale Saturday at 10am. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Rodrigo y Gabriela... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on AmEx presale (@ noon) for the Spoon/Deerhunter show at Radio City Music Hall. Little Dragon is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 25th. Tickets are on sale (@ noon). The Morning Benders are playing Mercury... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Midlake - Rulers Ruling All Things (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Midlake - Acts of Man (MP3) Midlake's new album, The Courage of Others is, coming out February 2nd in the US (Feb 1st in UK & Europe) on Bella Union. The... more info

Altsounds — Hear two new songs, "Acts of Man" and "Rulers Ruling All Things," here: midlake on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads (http://www.myspace.com/midlake)Midlake's eagerly anticipated new album, 'The Courage of Others' (Feb. ... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — It's amazing how much busier I am during the holidays than I am during the regular part of the year. Here's a quick list of what's to come.Here are The 11 Most Anticipated Albums of 2009 (Jan-Mar):1. Spoon - Transference (Jan. 19)2. Vampire Weeken... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about new beginnings. As you stagger home from welcoming in 2010, we want your pick of songs about the morning afterHa-ppy Noo Year! My best wishes to you in 2010 written in my best New York gangster accent.This week's topic is, I a... more info

Said the Gramophone — Woodpigeon - "Music Belongs To Those Who Make It". This is, I presume, a song about the music business's empty suits. (And not, I hope, the biz's bloggers.) But Mark Hamilton's artistic license, his sticking guns, aren't represented in roaring shou... more info

NME — Texan band set for shows in both January and March more info

Rolling Stone — Hanson have announced a five-night residency at New York’s Gramercy Theater in April 2010, where the brothers will alternately perform one of their five albums in its entirety, including their upcoming new LP. Plus, Yeasayer set out in support of t... more info

Nialler9 — Texas’ Midlake released a limited 500-run 12″ this week. Serving as a double-taster of their forthcoming third album The Courage Of Others (out February 1st) and a teaser of what to expect from their Valentine’s Night gig in Vicar Street, The... more info