Topix — At the bright age of 17, I took my first paycheck from Round Table Pizza, logged on to Etsy, and bought a pair of Vans slip-ons hand-painted with art from Neutral Milk Hotel's 1998 sophomore LP, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea . more info

Stereogum — Our pals at Pitchfork have just announced the lineup for their ninth annual Pitchfork Music Festival, and as you might expect, it’s a doozy. The festival will span three nights, Friday, July 18 through Sunday, July 20, and be held at Chicago’s Un... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pitchfork Music Festival returns to Chicago's Union Park from July 18-20 and the lineup was just announced. It includes Neutral Milk Hotel, Kendrick Lamar, Beck, Slowdive (their first reunion show in the US so far), Giorgio Morder, Sun Kil... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Immortal Technique and Brother Ali are playing Highline Ballroom on April 9 and Brooklyn Bowl on April 11. Tickets for Highline and BBowl go on sale today at noon. Tickets for the second Neutral Milk Hotel show at Prospect... more info

ContactMusic — The line-up has been announced for the first ever Jabberwocky festival, which will be held in London's ExCel Centre, the venue of many an Olympic... more info

NME — Speedy Ortiz, Hookworms, Connan Mockasin and Metz will also play the two day event in August more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Diana Ross show at the Theatre at MSG are on AmEx, Chase, and Internet (password: "METRO") presales now. Johnny Hallyday, who is often called the "French Elvis," returns to NYC for a show on May 6... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the second Neutral Milk Hotel show on Prospect Park go on Fan Club presale today at 10 AM. Tickets for The Underachievers, Denzel Curry and Dillon Cooper show at Irving Plaza go on Live Nation and Noisey... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Neutral Milk Hotel recently expanded their tour to include more Northeast dates, including a return to NYC on July 22 at Prospect Park with Circulatory System. That show went on sale last week and not surprisingly sold out, but... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the The Feelies show at The Bell House go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the The Lillingtons and Stabbed In Back show at Knitting Factory go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for... more info