411 Mania — Thoughts on Animal Collective playing one of the worst gigs that I’ve ever seen, Okkervil River go to school, a new Sunset Rubdown album, Radiohead for festivals, a new Tortoise album and more. more info

Persona Sauna — As part of their 20th anniversary celebration, Merge Records will be releasing SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!SCORE! is twenty tracks by contemporary bands covering songs that span the label’s fruitful two decades of existence. T... more info

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Idolator — A number of things — being in NYC during SXSW week, the request from a friend that I write about some "college bands" during my short tenure here, my complete disenchantment with bands that the kids love (like the previously mentioned Vampire Week... more info

JamBase — Press Here & JamBase Presents: THE GARDEN PARTY In Association with Domino Publishing and Entertainment Weekly JamBase/Press Here Party :: French Legation Museum 03.15.08 by Kayceman If you were in Austin for SXSW over the last three years, th... more info

JamBase — THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, DEVENDRA BANHART, ETIENNE DE CRECY THE ORB, MURDER CITY DEVILS, BUSY P AND PLUMP DJs ADDED TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2009 APRIL 17, 18 AND 19 Coachella 2008 by Dave Vann The Chemical Brothers (DJ ... more info

NME — Fleet Foxes, Explosions In The Sky, Okkervil River, The Broken Family Band and The Dodos have been added to the line-up of the End Of The Road festival. more info

Pitchfork — The North Carolina indie institution Merge Records turns 20 this year, and they're celebrating their anniversary in grand style. As you know, they're putting out a sweet subscription-only box set featuring contributions from all kinds of special gue... more info

Said the Gramophone — The Daredevil Christopher Wright - "Clouds". Said the Gramophone tries hard not to be one of those music-blogs that recommends ten "awesome!!!!!!!" bands each week. Oh sure, we might post about ten different bands - but what we are posting is wonde... more info

Rolling Stone — Okkervil River’s chatty, silver-tongued frontman Will Sheff sat in a circle of high schoolers yesterday in Austin, teaching a songwriting workshop at 826 Valencia, the writing and tutoring center founded by novelist Dave Eggers. Sheff, along with d... more info