Brooklyn Vegan — Jay Reatard leaving the Wired Store seconds after playing (more by Tim Griffin) 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... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — It’s Friday so that means tickets are going on sale! Lots of bands have new albums coming out, so that means they are going on tour: Kings of Convenience, Midlake, Yoko Ono’s We Are Plastic Ono Band, Spoon, Shearwater, The Thermals, and many more... more info

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