Stereogum — John Legend, Os Mutantes, Devendra Banhart, Caetano Veloso, Dirty Projectors, Seu Jorge, Beck, Bebel Gilberto, José Gonzales, Beirut, Tom Zé, Of Montreal, Gogol Bordello, Javelin, Madlib, Brazilian Girls, St. Vincent, and Neon Indian are among the ... more info

Impose Magazine — The sequel injects 16 bars of humble cool into indie darlings like Phantogram, Javelin, Neon Indian and Frank Ocean, then directs the hypemachine at the elders of indie by sampling Sublime, The Strokes, Erykah Badu and Raphael Saadiq. Download I Ruin... more info

Guardian Music — It's hardly commercial and it doesn't exactly answer the titular question over David Bowie's wellbeing – but it's always nice to have the Flaming Lips aroundIt's been mooted for a while but confirmation has finally arrived, in typically irregular f... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Flaming Lips & Neon Indian are the last two bands that I would have expected to collaborate. That’s exactly what makes their collaborative effort so great. Sometimes taking the unexpected route produces the most exciting music, because artists ... more info

Stereogum — We saw pictures and videos of The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne collaborating with Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo. (There were also related Tweets about dropping acid.) The resulting 12-inch is already sold out — only 1000 copies of the EP were made, an... more info

NME — Collaboration with Neon Indian appears online more info

Altsounds — Founders Entertainment are proud to present the inaugural *Governors Ball Music Festival*, a one day event to be held June 18 on New York City's Governors Island. Girl Talk, Pretty Lights, and Empire of the Sun are joined by Big Boi (of Outkast), Neo... more info

Stereogum — NYC-based label Mishka just released their lookbook for Spring 2011, and as with past lookbooks they recruited their favorite bands to model. Included in this year’s roundup are Das Racist (the label also presented their two mixtapes), Suckers, Neo... more info

Guardian Music — A one-woman wave of dazed, lo-fi pop which channels the genre we dare not nameHometown: Los Angeles, duh.The lineup: Amanda Brown (vocals, music).The background: LA Vampires is the name of the solo venture by Amanda Brown, formerly one half of Pocaha... more info

Stereogum — Organizers just announced the lineup for the first ever Governors Ball Festival in New York City on Governor’s Island, of course. The festival takes place June 18. The schedule isn’t up yet, but since they promise “no overlapping sets,” I’m... more info