Live Daily — By 11:30 a.m. on Sunday (8/9), Chicago temperatures already were pushing 90 degrees. Despite the heatwave, fans packed into Grant Park for the final day of Lollapalooza 2009. The lineup for the finale included acts such as The Killers [ tickets ],... more info

Stereogum — Lucky, a magazine about shopping, is documenting Allie and Becca's tour wardrobe and beauty regimen this week. Find out how they get their hair so shiny! more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Friday is perfect! All the bands I wanted to see are lined up together on the same stage. The only bummer is I probably will have to miss Ra Ra Riot now, but Fleet Foxes and The National would have to be my first choice. Saturday is a win just becaus... more info

MVSW — Andrew Bird, Ra Ra Riot, Heartless Bastards @ The Greek Theatre Sara Lov, Two Sheds, Big Organ Trio @ The Mint The Ringers, The Yelling @ The Viper Room Mix Master Mike, Nola Darling @ Viper Room (After Hours) The Sound of Philadelphia with The O’J... more info

Pasta Primavera — It’s hard not to be sucked into Discovery aka Wes from Ra Ra Riot and Rostam from Vampire Weekend.  Allstars collaborations like that garner a lot of attention and a lot of listens.  Their new LP, LP (out July 7th via XL), is pleasing to the ... more info

Said the Gramophone — Discovery - "It's Not My Fault (It's My Fault)". Discovery's debut album, LP, initially appears to be a masterpiece. Its surges, snaps and blips press all my juicy summer buttons, recalling Len, Miracle Fortress and (inevitably) Daft Punk's Discove... more info

Stereogum — To recap: Rostam from Vampire Weekend and Wes from Ra Ra Riot joined laptops and R&B predilections, invited their buddies Ezra and Angel for a couple of tracks, and turned out a really fun summer LP. We happen to love summer, fun, and LPs. We also lo... more info

Live Daily — Indie rockers Ra Ra Riot [ tickets ] will divide their summer touring plans between a US headlining run and opening gigs for Andrew Bird and Death Cab for Cutie. The roadwork begins with a solo appearance July 8 in Interlochen, MI, followed by a r... more info

Chorus.fm — *Ra Ra Riot* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/rarariot) will tour with *Maps & Atlases (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mapsandatlases)* and *Princeton (http://www.myspace.com/princetonmusic)* in the fall. Dates are in the replies. more info

Rolling Stone — Last year’s American Idol champ David Cook extends The Declaration Tour through August and adds a gig at New York’s Central Park for the GMA Summer Concert series. Plus, Journey and new singer Arnel Pineda continue their support of last year’s ... more info