Stereogum — The Voice's annual indie rock fest gave audiophiles the second good reason to visit Coney Island last week, bringing out everyone from Spank Rock to Future Of The Left to Built To Spill on a sunny Saturday afternoon. We sent Natasha Ryan to eat al... more info

JamBase — BJÖRK'S MULTI-MEDIA VOLTAIC OUT ON NONESUCH RECORDS Björk Björk's Voltaic, a very special DVD/CD/VINYL recording, was released in the U.S. earlier this month by Nonesuch Records, full track listings are below. Voltaic i... more info

Altsounds — Mapei: 24-year-old rapper that every producer or artist along the way has fallen in love with (Mehdi, Rawkus, Spank Rock, Switch, Gostface Killah, Count & Sinden Carli, and Basutbudet to name but a few). Her music defies easy categorization - ec... more info

Pasta Primavera — It’s Friday and there’s buckets of shows around the area.  There’s one place to be and that’s at Sonar for Black Lips, Spank Rock (featuring Ninja Sonik), Popo, and DJ Jacob Safari (of The Mae Shi).  Should be pretty rad.  Down in DC... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Some new bands have been added to the lineup for the Village Voice’s Siren Festival: A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, THEE OH SEES, and TINY MASTERS OF TODAY (who have a new album out). JUSTINE D. and DEADHEAT DJs were added to DJ as well. These join the... more info

NME — They join Built To Spill, Spank Rock and more at Coney Island more info

Big Stereo — Rye Rye - the first gem to be signed to M.I.A.’s record label - is out with a few remixes to her single ‘Bang’.  Rye Rye is definitely grouped with the likes of Diplo, Amanda Blank, Spank Rock, etc but her lyrics shines through to me. Maybe ... more info

NME — They join Built To Spill and Raveonettes at Coney Island more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The Village Voice’s Siren Festival is happening at Coney Island this year on July 18, and is free, as usual. Previously announced were BUILT TO SPILL, THE RAVEONETTES, FRIGHTENED RABBIT, THE GRAND DUCHY (Frank Black and his wife, Violet Clark), MON... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Future of the Left @ Webster Hall in October (more by Natah Miller) The Village Voice, the nation's largest alternative weekly newspaper, is excited to announce the addition of SPANK ROCK, FUTURE OF THE LEFT, JAPANDROIDS and BEAR HANDS to... more info