All About Jazz — By: Dennis Cook This is magic, pure and not-so-simple. Megafaun creates exuberant, never-predictable music that makes one's brain expand and crackle like Jiffy Pop on a fire hot stovetop. That they accomplish this feat largely without the sturm und ... more info

Live Daily — Indie rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs [ tickets ] will replace the Beastie Boys as a headlining attraction at this year's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. The move comes after Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beasties revealed his throat cancer diagnosis, which w... more info

JamBase — Kyp Malone Debuts "Give Blood" Off New Album Rain Machine Kyp Malone The first song off Kyp Malone's much anticipated solo release Rain Machine is premiering right now at pitchfork.com. "Give Blood" is a rocking percussive number with blissfull... more info

Spinner.com — Toronto's dark-hued disco-rockers Lioness delve into the past for their silent film-inspired new video. "The 'You're My Heart' video is rooted in the concept of parallel universes, or other planes of existence," singer Vanessa Fischer tells Spinner. ... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Kyp Malone (TVOTR/Rain Machine) @ Masonic Temple (more by Tim Griffin) The debut album of Rain Machine, the solo project of TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone, will come out September 22nd on Anti- Records. As previously reported, the album... more info

Scotsman.com — It says something about the mental well-being of Sunday's Balado hoards when TV on the Radio (TVOTR) arrive on the King Tut's stage to a less than half packed more info

A Walking Disast3r — One of my most memorable experiences of last year was attending one of the Pool Parties at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn. I had a chance to take in performances by Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Ting Tings, and hometown band MGMT. Check out the pics here... more info

The Independent — T in the Park is almost upon us with less than two weeks to go, taking place in Balado, Kinross-shire from Friday 10 to Sunday 12 July. This year the Main Stage is headlined by Kings of Leon, The Killers, Blur and Snow Patrol along with the finest ... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — Dreams are such weird things. You can't take them literally--thank god--nor should you live your life by them, but I do think they can have meaning. You just need to be able to decipher them. Merz over at Mars Needs Guitars did a post... more info