Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are now on sale for the Les Savy Fav, Antlers, Vivian Girls, Rain Machine, Ra Ra Riot, Anti-Pop Consortium shows coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.... more info

Shark Party, CA — 14. Discovery - LP A left field side-project from Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij & Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles eschews guitars in favor of ragged synths & shifting time scales. Like most experiments, it's not entirely successful (the "I... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)’s Sounds Like Brooklyn Festival has been a big hit the past two years, with performers like Beirut and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. This year’s lineup includes Les Savvy Fav with openers Vivian Girls (January 29) Rain... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Antlers @ MHOW (more by Tim Griffin) As just posted, The Antlers are playing a show with Ra Ra Riot at BAM in February. That comes after their headlining gig at Bowery Ballroom, which is now sold out. Shortly... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Les Savy Fav rides the ladder at Fun Fun Fun Fest (more) "Launched in 2007, Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival (formerly known as Brooklyn Next) is BAM's annual showcase of the some of the most innovative music coming out of... more info

My Old Kentucky — Stay tuned for more info on a Contra listening party that MyOldKentuckyBlog.com will soon host, but a few tracks from Vampire Weekend's upcoming album are now out there for us to talk about. We weren't so keen on Horchata, but enjoyed the first sing... more info

Live Daily — The 2nd Annual Harvest of Hope [ tickets ] Fest returns to St. Augustine, FL, Mar. 12-14 at St. Johns County Fairgrounds. The three-day charitable event was designed to raise awareness and provide financial and educational aid to migrant farmworkers,... more info

Chorus.fm — *Team Goldie* (http://www.myspace.com/teamgoldie) has released (http://rarariot.tumblr.com/post/213490728/our-friend-team-goldie-did-this-remix-of-each-year) a *Ra Ra Riot* (http://www.myspace.com/rarariot) remix. more info

MTV.com News — Voting begins today for awards honoring the biggest acts in the college music scene.By James Montgomery Drake performs at the 2009 BET Awards Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Hotly tipped Canadian MCs? Check. Hard-charging Southern-rock ro... more info

5 Acts — Tonight's show at 9:30 Club is SOLD OUT. Congrats to all three bands. Can't wait for this one!Princeton - 8:00Maps & Atlases - 8:45Ra Ra Riot - 10:00Princeton on MySpacePrinceton on The Hype MachineMaps & Atlases on MySpaceMaps & Atlases on The Hype... more info