Brooklyn Vegan — "Market hotel busted by twenty cops!" - The Smith Westerns Saturday night's Smith Westerns show at Market Hotel got cut short thanks to a group of cops that showed and told everyone to leave (possibly due to a noise complaint,... more info

Guardian Music — This bedroom balladeer sings lovesick laments that benefit from his sparse arrangements and minimum sonic elaborationHometown: London.The lineup: Harry Granger-Howell.The background: Lonely Galaxy is 21-year-old north Londoner Harry Granger-Howell, a... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-30 Columbus, OH - Cafe Bourbon Street $03-31 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox $04-01 Poughkeepsie, NY - Vassar College04-03 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg %04-04 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge $04-06 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe %04-07 Tor... more info

Guardian Music — This Chicago four-piece play a rough'n'ragged approximation of glam – imagine Girls covering Mott the Hoople and Marc BolanHometown: Chicago, Illinois.The lineup: Cullen Omori (vocals, guitar), Cameron Omori (bass), Colby (drums) and Max Kakac... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Erez Avissar; Above: The Pitchfork SXSW Showcase at the Scoot Inn What SXSW show could have a shot at topping our awesome Friday bash at Emo's? Why, the first ever official Pitchfork SXSW Showcase, of course. For our first full-on... more info

NME - Radar — Solo 'knobs and vox' power-pop sets aren't always so generous on the 'power' side of things. But Brooklyn-dwelling Cali ex-pat MNDR, aka Amanda (geddit?) proved it needn't always be so, amidst a stuffy Club Deville this afternoon. She's like Cyndi La... more info

NME - Radar — Every year Radar travels 4,913.19 miles (that's 7,907 kilometres for all you weirdos) to Austin, Texas to meet people like this: Not exclusively though. His worldly presence is more a happy by-product of our greater motivation; the attendance of t... more info

Rollo & Grady — Pearl Harobr We have a pair of tickets to give away to see Smith Westerns and Pearl Harbor today at the Echo. Please email us at rollogrady@gmail.com to claim the tickets. ****5pm show**** MP3: Pearl Harbor – California Shakedown Bookmark It ... more info

Pitchfork — Get ready for another Pitchfork Music Festival lineup announcement! We've already revealed that Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, and many more are on board for this summer's fest, which goes down July 16-18 in Chicago's Union Park. A... more info