Pitchfork —  -- As Bloodshy & Avant, the Swedish producers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg provided the deliriously great synthetic whizzing noises for jams like Britney Spears's "Toxic" and "Piece of Me", as well as hits for Kylie Minogue and Rache... more info

Pasta Primavera — Death Cab For Cutie are about to set off on a US tour at the beginning of April and man does it look sweet.  The opening bands are Cold War Kids and Ra Ra Riot for most of it (though Matt Costa subs for a CWK for a few dates).  Talk about... more info

The Red Radio — The band's album You and I is still in heavy rotation around here.The New Zealanders are currently back at home working on the follow up. They are due in North America shortly for a tour with Ra Ra Riot. Check... more info

Chorus.fm — Head to the replies to watch *Ra Ra Riot* (http://www.myspace.com/rarariot)'s video for "Can You Tell." more info

Stereogum — The last time we saw "Can You Tell," Ra Ra Riot were showing David Letterman his first cello. For the The Rhumb Line track's official video, the Syracuse-based Barsukers show up outside someone's door breathing steam, showing themselves one-by-one... more info

JamBase — Noise Pop 2009 Festival Lineup Finalized Deerhunter Noise Pop has finalized the lineup for the 2009 Noise Pop Festival which includes headliners Antony & the Johnsons, Deerhunter, Stephen Malkmus, Josh Ritter (solo with a string quartet), the Mou... more info

Pasta Primavera — Once I purged the image of felines on fire from my head I pressed the play button on Kittens Ablaze’s new album The Monstrous Vanguard.  It was then that I was super psyched at what I was listening to.  I love the way the opening track, â€... more info

Pitchfork — Looks like the recession just took its first major music festival victim. The 2009 Langerado Music Festival, which was to take place March 6-8 at Miami, Florida's Bicentennial Park, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. As previously repo... more info

Pitchfork — Looks like the recession just took its first major music festival victim. The 2009 Langerado Music Festival, which was to take place March 6-8 at Miami, Florida's Bicentennial Park, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. As previously reported,... more info

Rock Sellout — Another big blast of indie pop coming from Manchester in 2009 is The Answering Machine. The band have an upcoming tour supporting Ra Ra Riot. They then head out on the road on a rotating headlining tour through March with Flashguns & Casiokids. Belo... more info