Brooklyn Vegan — "Swedish indie pop stars Peter Bjorn and John ("Young Folks") will perform at the W New York as part of W Hotels' WonderLust Live Concert Series. The performance marks the band's first performance in the U.S. this year in anticipation... more info

Pasta Primavera — Everybody’s favorite noise pop band this year, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, have announced a new tour that is a doozy.  They’ve put together a SXSW schedule that’s enormous and then set off on a whirlwind tour of the states and even sto... more info

Radio Exile — For those looking for their fix of pop goodness(or simply for something set in the “simpler times” before the economic fallout), Peter Bjorn and John’s memorable May 2007 concert has finally surfaced in high quality online. We’ve got the vid... 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

JamBase — ELECTRO POP SURVIVORS TOUR THE UNIVERSE Do you like my clingyspace age shirt? Depeche Mode will begin the North American leg of their "Tour of the Universe" on July 24th in Toronto. With more than 2 million tickets already sold for their Europ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!Amy Winehouse has stepped down from the Coachella lineup. However, the singer is not one to be held down for long, concurrently announcing that she is making her live comeback this May, performing with Keane, Paul Well... more info

Pasta Primavera — They may have been upset a bit that a crappy audio version of their new album, Veckatimest, leaked recently, but Grizzly Bear were generally good sports (which should help them not be called pricks by Wayne Coyne).  To take our minds off of the th... more info

Pitchfork — On the surface, it makes just about no sense for Swedish pop pros Peter Bjorn and John to open Depeche Mode's summer American tour, since their bubbling-over joy has basically nothing to do with Depeche Mode's brooding synthetic throb. You'd think t... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Eric Landmark -- SF avant-rockers Deerhoof have teamed up with the collaborative music website Indaba to open up their song "Buck and Judy" for remixing--and re-playing-- purposes. They've uploaded the sheet music, tabs, and all the... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Beach House's hazy and haunting cover of Queen's "Play the Game" was inexplicably left off of the physical release of the recent Dark Was The Night charity compilation, only to be later tacked on as an "album only" bonus track that can only be had at... more info