3hive — After seeing the Ettes last Thursday night (awesome show!), I had a host of events, and my own laziness, prevent me from catching the Raveonettes and the Soft Pack Friday night. Formerly known as the Muslims, the Soft Pack has a wonderful cover of Sp... more info

Pitchfork — -- Whoever picks bands for those iTunes Live Sessions deserves a beer. Thus far, the series of iTunes-only EPs has featured stalwarts like Spiritualized and Billy Bragg, and just last week, My Morning Jacket. And on February 3, San Franciscan noise-p... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Stephen Box Above: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds The All Tomorrow's Parties festival headed Down Under for the first time, with the multi-date ATP Australia taking place at various cities on the continent January 9-18. Over this past weekend,... more info

Pitchfork — Barcelona is, we understand, a nice place, and you probably shouldn't need any excuse to visit, but now you've got one anyway: This year's edition of the Primavera Sound Festival will go down May 28-30 at Barcelona's Parc Del Fòrum, and Pitchfork is... more info

Paste Magazine — There are musicians' musicians, and then there's J.J. Cale. The iconic Okie songwriter has been lauded and subsequently covered by artists as diverse as Spiritualized and Beck , not to mention Eric Clapton, whose famous renditions of "Cocaine"... more info

Stereogum — The list parade continues, this one from the other side of the pond. NME's top 50 includes folks you'd expect it to include (Verve, Oasis, Spiritualized, and other British bands), but it also has surprises. So far it's the first we've seen that char... more info

Pitchfork — Looks like we're in for another super fun ride for All Tomorrow's Parties New York 2009. The merry-makers in the Flaming Lips have been announced as the curators and headliners for the final day of the three-day affair, which will take place Septembe... more info

Pitchfork — Looks like we're in for another super fun ride for All Tomorrow's Parties New York 2009. The merry-makers in the Flaming Lips have been announced as the curators and headliners for the final day of the three-day affair, which will take plac... more info

Chorus.fm — Members of *Cocteau Twins, Spiritualized, Echo and the Bunnymen, Placebo, Massive Attack* and other bands are playing their first ever gig (http://www.nme.com/news/cocteau-twins/41292) tomorrow night in London under the name *The Hookham Boys*, at a ... more info

NME — Former members of Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack, Spiritualized, Echo And The Bunnymen and Goldfrapp are set to perform their first gig under the name The Hookham Boys tomorrow night (November 26) in London. more info