Gorilla vs. Bear — [click for larger image] We're teaming up with the great Mexican Summer this year to bring you a day & night, official/unofficial blowout in Austin on Friday, March 19. Starring Washed Out, Memory Tapes, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, jj, a... more info

Silent Uproar — Rx Bandits will set out on a spring US tour during March and April in continued support of last year's Mandala. The tour includes The Builders and the Butchers and Zechs Marquise on most dates. However, the Bandits join Sunny Day Real Estate and Glas... more info

Addict Music — The band, who feature current Foo Fighters bass player Nate Mendel and former band drummer William Goldsmith, will come to the UK for the first time ever more info

NME — Seattle band are back after almost 15 years on hiatus more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Total Slacker @ St James Church (more by Vincent Cornelli) CatholicVoteAction.Org, Culture War Notes, and Aufer A Nobis all have posts claiming "abomination", "sacrilige" and "desecration" at St James Church on Friday, 1/15. They're referring to the ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's been a hectic week 'round these parts and nothing serves as a sweeter release than the weekend. So in celebration of all things TGIF and IGIF, I'm cracking my dorkishly delightful whip and unleashing an entire week's worth of history mixery. O... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)With their third album, the Baltimore duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally throw themselves on the ever-growing pile of American bands going for the heartstrings via a kind of wide-eyed, epic psych-pop. What separates Beach House from... more info

Pitchfork - TV — --Chocolate Bobka captures this Real Estate side project as they play "Summer" and "Epilogue" in a New Jersey backyard. more info

Live Daily — Jay-Z, Muse and the Gorillaz top the roster of acts for the 11th annual Coachella [ tickets ] Valley Music & Arts Festival, which will take over Indio, CA's Empire Polo Field April 16-18. As tipped by LiveDaily's Backline earlier this month, Pave... more info

MTV.com News — Pavement, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend also on the bill.By James Montgomery Jay-Z Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Coachella has always been seen as the least traditional of the big U.S. music festival... more info