Brooklyn Vegan — Also: Waxahatchee/Kevin Morby, Pond, Kool Keith, Deep Purple/Alice Cooper, Xibalba, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Slowdive will be in North America this spring for a few shows with Japanese Breakfast, including Brooklyn Steel on May 8. That show is sold out and the band have added a second... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — More NYC shows on sale today include Third Eye Blind/Silversun Pickups, Mates of State, +/-, Baths, Coheed & Cambria, Portugal. The Man, Shura, Nao, Tycho, and Piebald. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Flying Lotus, Peter Hook & The Light, Wolf Parade, Nathaniel Rateliff, and SURVIVE also set to appear. more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Fort Worth's inaugural Fortress Festival happens in April at Will Rogers Memorial Center + at the beautiful Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Today, the fest unveils its killer full lineup, featuring Run The Jewels, Purity Ring, Flying Lotus, Slo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dates include a stop in NYC's soon-to-open Brooklyn Steel. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Shoegaze pioneers cross the Atlantic in support of their forthcoming reunion album. more info

Stereogum — Shoegaze legends Slowdive released their first song in 22 years, the gorgeous and triumphant "Star Roving," earlier this month. Now they've announced a few North American dates this May ahead of their appearance at London's Field Day festival in June... more info

New York Times — The new songs that caught our pop critics' attention this week, from FKA twigs to Diet Cig. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The shortlist and judges for this year's Tournament of Books has been announced. Stream Slowdive's first new song in 22 years. 35 "best books of 2016" lists were added to the master aggregation at Largehearted Boy Tuesday (bringing the total... more info