Brooklyn Vegan — Omar Souleyman today in NYC * Juini Booth @ The Stone * Stacy Dillard @ The Stone * Francis & the Lights @ the Apple Store * The Black Crowes @ Best Buy Theater * Laurel Halo w/ special guests... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: The So So Glos - "Lindy Hop" (MP3) So So Glos Fans (more by Zach Stern) The lineup has been announced for this year's SUNY Purchase Fall Fest, an annual one-day, students-only festival which will take... more info

Nialler9 — To get you in the mood for Friday’s kickoff of Electric Picnic (stage times here) or to play in your car on the way down there, here’s a 24-track mixtape of Electric Picnic artists featuring tracks, remixes and edits from LCD Soundystem, Robyn, F... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sleigh Bells @ Governors Island in July (more by Matthew Eisman) Though it wasn't clear from the initial announcement, Sleigh Bells will in fact be opening for LCD Soundsystem at Wellmont Theatre. Tickets go on sale at noon. Tickets are... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Though it wasn't clear from the initial announcement, Sleigh Bells will in fact be opening for LCD Soundsystem at Wellmont Theatre. Tickets go on sale at noon. Tickets are on sale now for the Omar Souleyman show at Music Hall... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Omar Souleyman at Summerstage (more by Andrew Frisicano) Between [sets by Tinariwen and Toubab Krewe], Syrian "techno" artist Omar Souleyman made his New York debut. He succeeded in getting the crowd up and dancing, and he had a belly dancer... more info

Guardian Music — Maggoty Lamb applauds the Stool Pigeon's continued success and wonders if the telephone interview is due for an upgradeDoes anybody out there like the idea of a music paper that is equally comfortable pontificating about Nas, Roky Erickson, Marc Almo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Omar Souleyman @ Central Park Summerstage "He is a legend in north Africa. Omar Souleyman in about 15 years has recorded around 500 studio and live albums and apparently has a godlike status in Syria, his country.... more info

Said the Gramophone — Omar Souleyman - "Li Raja Behawakom (I Beg You, Baby)". Tiny had worked up the nerve. With the stars still out, he borrowed Blacky's car and coasted the bumpy road into town. He stopped in front of Iufi's house.... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: Blaze FestivalWHEN: June 19 - July 31WHERE: London, EnglandWHO: The Knife's Tomorrow in a Year, Dirty Projectors performing The Getty Address, Shearwater, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Caetano Veloso, Lee "Scratch Perry, Toots and the Maytals... more info