Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: The Strange Boys - Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Mika Miko - Capricorinations (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fiasco/Banzai split EP (ZIP) The Coathangers @ Pianos (more by Faith-Ann Young) Mika Miko, the Strange Boys, the.... more info

Stereogum — If the Pitchfork Festival is too far for you Northwesterners to trek for the return of the Jesus Lizard, mark off July 24-25 and get to Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party. In addition to Yow, the fest promises Sonic Youth, Deerhunter, Micachu, Earth,... more info

JamBase — The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle's Premiere Celebration of Independent Music - July 24 & July 25 Sonic Youth The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party takes over Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood July 24-25. The Block Party is an annual... more info

NME - Radar — Last week I went to LA to interview the ace Mika Miko, it was wild. For the full story check out the feature in this week’s Radar but as usual, but guess what? We only went all multimedia on your asses (note use of American terminology). I documen... more info

The Culture Of Me — (photo by Steven Garcia) The San Fernando Valley girls (and their boy drummer) of Mika Miko are set to drop their sophomore record, We Be Xuxa, on May 5 via PPM and they'll be heading out on the road the month after that on a legion of dates, tak... more info

NME - Radar — Maybe not... Who knows. But it's a really really really good one... You may well know these LA twinkies as pillars of the city's blogged to death neuvo-DIY punk club institution, The Smell. If you do - LOOK, it's the first track off their new album,... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Pretty slow week this all told. Hopefully some better service will commence in the next few weeks with stuff about The Horrors, The Maccabees, Kap Bambino, New Music Monday, Hatcham Social and Mika Miko lined up. Below are the ten tracks stuck on rep... more info