Pitchfork — -- The cooler-than-you husband/wife team of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson are curating the Vivid Live Festival, which comes to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia May 27 - June 21. The program includes Reed's Metal Machine Trio and Anderson's ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — April has been a fairly quiet month with sub-standard albums from Plan B, MGMT and Kate Nash dominating the release schedules. Luckily May is shaping up to be the busiest month of all time.The best albums of April then:She & Him - Volume 2 (Album of ... more info

NME — Bands join The Big Pink, The Walkmen and These New Puritans at the Brighton event more info

DrownedInSound — The fourty-second Spotify playlist is a little like the fourty-second President of the USA in that it's a bit of a dark horse. And is quite long. It features Rolo Tomassi, Rusko, Blood Red Shoes, HEALTH, Dark Dark Dark, Summer Camp and an awful lot m... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS returns to Brighton. With bands we really like. For the Great Escape 2010. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

The Quietus — Cosmology released on May 24 more info

DrownedInSound — Listen to some new material! Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

NME — Male Bonding, Liquid Liquid also for London festival more info

Kerrang! — Against Me!, Alkaline Trio and My Passion are just some of the bands who have been added to the line-up of this year’s Slam Dunk Festival. They’ll join headliners New Found Glory at the two-day event, which will take place at Universi... more info

Altsounds — Japanese masked metallers, *FACT,* join forces with *Hassle Records* *(Alkaline Trio, Cancer Bats, Rolo Tomassi, and Thrice)* to return with their enigmatic follow up to last years self titled release. *‘In The Blink Of An Eye’* ... more info