We All Want Someone To Shout For — Total Slacker opened up the show with an alright set that picked up some steam later on once their guitarist fixed the sound problems they were having. The guitarist certainly has some talent playing a pretty great guitar solo even if it was dragged ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — As part of this week's Klaxons takeover week to mark their cover feature (out Wed 21st), the band have cherry-picked their top new bands for the Daily Download... First up, Jaimie Reynolds bigs up The Cabin Fever: “They're my friend’s band fro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — WAVVES @ the Meatlocker (more by Brian Kip) Wavves has been added as opener of the Dirty Projectors / Phoenix show at Madison Square Garden. ha. Tickets go on general sale Saturday, July 17 at 10am. The Smith Westerns and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — WAVVES @ the Meatlocker (more by Brian Kip) Wavves has been added as opener of the Dirty Projectors / Phoenix show at Madison Square Garden. ha. The Smith Westerns and Total Slacker are opening for Wavves at Bowery Ballroom. Owen... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-17 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival 07-29 Cambridge, MA - Middle East $ 07-30 Washington, DC - Black Cat $ 07-31 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's $ 08-02 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 08-03 Columbus, OH - The Basement $ 08-04 Detroit, MI - Magic St... more info

Pitchfork — In a recent Pitchfork interview, funny guy David Cross talked about the similarities between musicians and comedians: "There's quite an overlap between musicians who have an affection towards comedy and comedians who fantasize about being in a band,"... more info

Pitchfork — The big weekend approaches! We're less than a month away from the Pitchfork Music Festival, which takes over Chicago's Union Park July 16-18. We have now announced the set times, so check the schedule below to see which bands will play when and on ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Memphis, Tenn., widescreen indie-pop outfit Magic Kids are getting their full-length debut, Memphis, ready for release August 24 on True Panther. "Summer" is our first taste of the album, and it's plenty expansive, complete with string arrangements t... more info

Pitchfork — Rising Chicago garage-rock upstarts Smith Westerns have signed to blues-rock label Fat Possum. The Fat Possum website reports that they'll record a new album for the label this summer. The band also has a bunch of shows coming up. Tonight, they pla... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Chicago's Smith Westerns have signed with Fat Possum, and will begin recording the follow-up to one of 09's best records later this summer. More info here. mp3: smith westerns :: imagine pt. 3 (demo) smith westerns :: be my girl ****** click throu... more info