Altsounds — VIOLENT SOHO Thursday 13 Time: 1500hrs Location: The Doughnut (outside stage - near Queens Hotel) Time: 2130hrs Location: Hectors House Signed to Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore label Ecstatic Peace! and produced by ThePixies/Foo Fighters/Distillers ... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — The Pavement frontman shares his 20 years of lo-fi knowledge. For a feature on why Pavement still matter, pick up the new issue of NME, on sale from 12 May The music that made me want to play rock’n’roll was eighties hardcore Dead Kennedys, Blac... more info

The Vinyl Villain — More from the 1986 compilation LP A Different Kind Of Tension.Side A, Track 3:-mp3 : One Thousand Violins - Like One Thousand Violins The band was formed in Sheffield, and this track is a b-side from their debut single Halcyon Days on Dreamworld Reco... more info

XLR8R — Though its release date has been pushed back, the Neu! Vinyl Box will finally see the light of day this summer, just in time for a tour organized by founding member Michael Rother, who has recruited members of Sonic Youth, Tall Firs, and School of th... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Norman Wong If you didn't notice, Canadian masters of scruff Broken Social Scene are back this year. And they're not half-assing it. They'll spend the summer on the road in support of their just-released Forgiveness Rock Record, mostly over... more info

Pitchfork — With rents and crowding and subway service interruptions, living in New York City can be a massive pain in the ass. But one of the great reasons to live in the city is the wealth of outdoor concerts that come to town every year-- and a lot of them ar... more info

All About Jazz — A LOVELY SUMMER OF MUSIC IN PROSPECT PARK Sonic Youth The schedule for the Celebrate Brooklyn! 2010 Season at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NY has been announced. You can check out the full schedule here. The season begins with Norah Jo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Anthology Film Archives "Return to the Pleasure Dome", a benefit concert event for Anthology Film Archives with a Life Achievement Honor for Kenneth Anger Featuring Technicolor Skull (Kenneth Anger and Brian Butler), Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, The Virgin... more info

NME — Acts will play Brooklyn's Prospect Park Bandshell this summer more info

NME — Turner Prize winning artists will also play live more info