Buzzgrinder — :: If you're planning on being at Reading or Leeds this year, Kings of Leon will give you some bang for your buck. Or at least that's what the band is telling everyone. :: You can pre-order the new Hold Steady two-disc live CD/DVD with a limited-edi... more info

JamBase — ALL POINTS WEST MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL RETURNS TO LIBERTY STATE PARK FRIDAY JULY 31, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 AND SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 TO FEATURE COLDPLAY, BEASTIE BOYS, TOOL AND MORE THAN 65 ARTISTS Thom Yorke - Radiohead :: APW 2008 by Snyder The second ... more info

Idolator — Tool, the Beastie Boys, and Coldplay will headline this year's installment of the All Points West Festival—Goldenvoice's attempt to bring the open-air vibe of Coachella to the East Coast, only with more public-transit-related headaches and people w... more info

MTV.com News — Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ting Tings, Vampire Weekend also on bill at New Jersey festival.By Gil Kaufman Coldplay's Chris Martin Photo: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images The All Points West Music & Arts Festival will return for a second year with a lineu... more info

Pasta Primavera — Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone gets it’s first video for the track “People Got A Lotta Nerve”.  The song is beautiful and guess what?  So is this video.  It features delicate animations of a girl and a slew of animals. mp3: Neko Case - P... more info

Altsounds — Liverpool based four-piece, Screaming Lights, release a new single, the double A sided *Phenomena* / *Grandfather Clock* through Anti- Records on Monday 13th April and will be available to download one week earlier on April 6th . In January the ban... more info

Radio Exile — The video for “People Got a Lotta Nerve”, the first single from Middle Cyclone, features some really elegant art work/animation of animated whales and tigers and elephants, so the video is cute enough to hold your attention if you’re not diggin... more info

Buzzgrinder — Don't know if this video will get Josh's motor revving, since the only footage of Neko Case in this video is animated. And it represents her as a tween here, from what I can tell. Then again, cartoon tweens rev some folks motors. It takes all kinds; ... more info

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Mercury News, California — The album is subtitled '12 Songs for Music Lovers,' and they stretch across much of the 20th century, from the bordello blues of Bessie Smith's title tune forward to Neko Case's 'Hold On, Hold On' and 'Dear God Please Help Me' from another of Faithfu... more info