Pitchfork - Tours — 05-03 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre &05-04 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon &05-05 Montreal, Quebec - Tulipe &05-06 Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs &05-07 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ^&05-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^&05-09 Phil... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-30 Nashville, TX - The Basement *05-01 Atlanta, GA - Criminal Records (in-store)05-01 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade *05-04 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *05-05 Washington, DC - Rock 'n Roll Hotel *05-06 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *05-07 New York, ... more info

Pitchfork — Brooklyn-based lords of troubled solemnity the National are probably coming to your town this summer as part of their worldwide tour in support of the forthcoming High Violet, due out May 10 in the UK and May 11 everywhere else via 4AD. According to ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-29 Auckland, New Zealand - Bruce Mason Centre05-01-02 Victoria, Australia - Groovin the Moo05-04 Melbourne, Australia - Palace Theatre05-05 Melbourne, Australia - Festival Hall05-06 Adelaide, Australia - AEC Theatre05-08 New South Wales, Australia... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-06 New York, NY - Angel Orensanz Center05-10 New York, NY - Hunter College @05-11 New York, NY - Hunter College @05-12 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden @05-13 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden @05-15 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre @05-16 L... more info

MTV.com News — 'Movies are not real life,' actress sang in monologue, spoofing confusion between her and 'Precious' character.By Amy Wilkinson MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden performs on "Saturday Night Live" Photo: NBC "I love being happy. I'm not Precious," ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Chris Tuite In his survey of this year's Coachella, Pitchfork's Ian Cohen wrote: "Surely, Passion Pit is still getting used to venues this big, but they're planning for a future where this is the norm." The words are sounding prophetic as Pa... more info

Pitchfork — Swim, the new Caribou album, just became the fourth Caribou LP to score Best New Music props (counting 2003's Up in Flames, released under the name Manitoba). We like us some Caribou over here, and here's even more: a remix of Swim's first s... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-30 Knoxville, TN - U of Tennessee05-31 George, WA - Sasquatch06-02 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live !06-03 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club06-08 Richmond, VA - The National06-09 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle $06-12 Orlando, FL - Club at Firestone $06-13 Mi... more info

Pitchfork — Rock warriors the Hold Steady have a new album, Heaven Is Whenever, dropping May 3 in Europe (via Rough Trade) and one day later in North America (via Vagrant). You can stream the whole thing over at NPR. And now the band is ready to take its new son... more info