Pitchfork - Tours — 06-19 Toronto, Ontario - Olympic Island # 06-24 Stockton, CA - Bob Hope Theatre % 06-25 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre $ 07-02 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival 07-04 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival 07-06 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje... more info

Guardian Music — The first of five previously unpublished blogposts from legendary music writer Steven Wells, who died last yearOn 24 June 2009, music journalism lost one of its funniest, angriest and most distinctive voices. Steven Wells – or Swells to his fans â€... more info

Guardian Music — (Mercury)Intriguer is a curious hybrid: at once, Crowded House's sixth album since Neil Finn formed the band 25 years ago, and their second since reforming, following the suicide of fellow founder member Paul Hester in 2005. You can sense its double ... more info

Nialler9 — Last week, remixes of Crystal Castles‘ from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Memory Tapes appeared on the net (hear them below) but this week it’s the turn of Bear in Heaven who remix CCII album highlight ‘Celestica’. Crystal Castles â€... more info

Guardian Music — This duo's brainiac mix of math rock, prog and electronica is never less than clever, intricate and complexHometown: London and Barcelona.The lineup: Aaron Cupples (guitar, noise) and Ben Green (bass, noise).The background: This, as Paul Weller once ... more info

Addict Music — We've been handed a remix of Crystal Castles' Celestica by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore to give away to you for free. more info

Pitchfork — Floored by Four is the name of a new group that may or may not turn out to be super. Led by Minuteman and sometime Stooge Mike Watt, the band also includes Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, ex-Cibo Matto member Yuka Honda on keyboard, and Dougie Bowne (who... more info

Guardian Music — They will bring an African flavour to the World Cup kick-off concert alongside Alicia Keys and Shakira, but the South African outfit defy categorisationAt the Johannesburg media launch for the Bush Fire festival, which takes place each year in Swazil... more info

Pitchfork — Indie Wire reports that a new documentary about the genius of revolutionary writer William S. Burroughs called A Man Within is set to feature a soundtrack by Sonic Youth and Patti Smith. Interviewees in the doc include Iggy Pop, Smith, Thurston Moore... more info

NME — The film features Iggy Pop, Patti Smith and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo more info