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

Pasta Primavera — Here comes Superbowl weekend!  Who’s your pick?  What?  You don’t have one?  I’ll admit it, I’m not overwhelmingly excited about the match up, but hey it’s a perfectly good excuse to kick back and eat some seriously unhealthy... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: NewsSpinner.com: During Ra Ra Riot's fall tour, the band told Spinner that they like to spend a lot of their downtime on the road just cruising around the internet and watching all their favorite television shows via DVD box sets. "We c... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Will Marsh -- Thurston Moore is playing a few Northeast dates with go-to Swedish free-jazz sax dude Mats Gustafsson starting this Thursday. Why? Because he's Thurston Moore and he can do whatever he wants, dammit. He'll represent NYC cool fo... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Will Marsh -- Thurston Moore is playing a few Northeast dates with go-to Swedish free-jazz sax dude Mats Gustafsson starting this Thursday. Why? Because he's Thurston Moore and he can do whatever he wants, dammit. He'll represent N... more info