Powerpopulist — Nada Surf - Electrocution (Bill Fox cover) mp3from band's forthcoming (8 June) releaseif i had a hi-fion their Mardev Records labelThe all-covers LP will feature Nada Surf versions of songs by Spoon ("The Agony of Laffitte"!), The Go-Betweens, Dwight... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Micachu & The Shapes - Lips (MP3) Micachu & The Shapes @ Pop Montreal 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) Micachu & The Shapes are touring with Spoon and Deerhunter this April. Before that, they'll be doing... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — With SXSW less than a month away and waiting like a kid on Christmas to announce our mind-melting event lineup, it's only fitting that I stumble across a fun band from Austin, TX. Watch Out For Rockets plopped into the ole' inbox last week in an una... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 02-19 Los Angeles, California - Fold In Bootleg Theater03-01 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino 03-03 London, England - ICA03-17 Austin, TX - Stubb's (NPR Music showcase) ** with Spoon, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, the Walkmen, Visqueen more info

Guardian Music — According to Metacritic they are. Dave Simpson meets the Texas quartetIn December the US website Metacritic embarked on a campaign to find the "best music of the decade". The site, which aggregates all the reviews it can find of as many albums as pos... more info

Live Daily — Following their in-progress European tour supporting Spoon, Brooklyn-based indie rockers White Rabbits [ tickets ] will pound the pavement stateside behind the band's most recent set, "It's Frightening." The roadtrip begins with an April 5 perform... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Sade – Soldier of Love 2. Massive Attack – Heligoland 3. Hot Chip – One Life Stand 4. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM 5. Soft Pack – Soft Pack 6. Vampire Weekend – Contra 7. Yeasayer – Odd Blood 8. XX – XX 9. ... more info

BBC 6 Music — Austin's finest rock the Electric Ballroom with new album Transference more info

Guardian Music — Loop Festival, LondonPianist Kit Downes, the young Royal Academy graduate who first emerged with the much-acclaimed band Empirical, is one of the influential new British jazz artists on London's Loop Collective's programme. Downes was taught by forme... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Boston Globe profiles the Antlers. But you can’t blame fans for feeling close enough to the heartbroken narrator of the band’s breakout record, "Hospice," to ask for details. The lo-fi concept album, centered on a terminally ill pat... more info