Guardian Music — Matter, the 2,600-capacity superclub in Greenwich, has closed for the summer, and its sister club Fabric is up for sale. Is this down to a reliance on big-name DJs?Dance music is supposed to be the epitome of DIY culture. In the late 1980s, when wide... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Spectrum (aka Peter Kember) Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965) is a British musician, more usually known as Sonic Boom and was a founding member of Spacemen 3. Kember and Jason Pierce (born on the same day in Rugby, Warwickshire)... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dean @ LPR (more by Chris La Putt) Abrons Art Center hosts The Joshua Light Show In Residence May 12 - 15, 2010: Four evenings of live music and visuals featuring Spectrum, Dean & Britta, Silver Apples, Oneida, Woods, MV... more info

Pitchfork — -- A ton of Portland bands are contributing music to the PDX Pop Now! Festival's new benefit compilation. The double-disc comp features music from Menomena, Blitzen Trapper, Hockey, Laura Veirs, Nice Nice, and many others. There will be an all-ages r... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Infrason said... The best of Scandinavian punk (1977-1983) / Sélection de punk Scandinave (1977-1983) : -Kjøtt - Primitv (1980) -Hetjsakt - Tusen ögon och en natt (1983) -Traste och Superstararna - Pengar (1978) -Travolta kids - Veckans brott (197... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-13 Washington, DC - The Velvet Lounge05-14 Baltimore, MD - Golden West Cafe05-15 New York, NY - Abron Arts Centre *#05-16 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie05-18 Boston, MA - The Middle East05-19 New York, NY - Knitting Factory *!@05-20 Chicago, I... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-22 Long Beach, CA - The Prospector *05-28 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar ^07-02 San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Veteran's Hall $07-09 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex #07-10 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's #07-12 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #07-13 Seattle, WA - Neumo's #07... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Paige Parsons Erykah Badu is both (1) enormously popular and (2) totally happy to commit her show to whatever weird, stoned ideas pop into her mind. That's a combination we don't see often enough. Onstage, she cuts a stunningly poised fig... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-23 Tobago, Trinidad - Tobago Jazz Experience Festival05-22 Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Concert Pavilion05-23 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theater05-25 New York, NY - Roseland05-26 Upper Darby, PA - Tower05-28 Washington, DC - Dar Constitution Hall05-30 Detro... more info

All About Jazz — An offer TV station owners can't refuse? Broadcasters fear that an FCC plan for them to give up some of their rights to the public airwaves would cost them future revenue. For decades, owning television stations, with their fat profit margins, was... more info