Rolling Stone — Who: Dirty Projectors, a Brooklyn five-piece led by mastermind David Longstreth whose unusual blend of blues and punk has captured the attention of David Byrne, Björk and TV on the Radio. Sound Like: The band’s latest album Bitte Orca mixes soul-i... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jixx said...Black Moth Super Rainbow - Falling Through a FieldFrightened Rabbit - Sing The GreysThe Postal Service - Such Great Heights EPThe Shins - When You Land Here, It's Time To ReturnTV on the Radio - OK CalculatorCrystal Castles - Alice Practi... more info

Allmusic Blog — Saturday’s second annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia was a multi-genre music party with many highlights, including the Roots backing Chuck D and Flava Flav on a live performance of all of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, along with s... more info

Instrumental Analysis — Caught your breath yet from Friday night? Saturday and Sunday are no let down. Let's get to it.Two one-day festivals Saturday dominate the scene. The Metro Gallery in Baltimore is the place to be for Rufustival. Local acts galore fill this line-up al... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I've got a handful of hobbies that I enjoy juggling around like some dorky carnival act, yet sometimes I'm granted the immense pleasure of said hobbies colliding in a fun fashion. Although music may stand out as a rather obvious hobby, I'm not asham... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Blast:Throughout it's 35-year history, Saturday Night Live has always been a purveyor of the up-and-coming talents in the music world. They have welcomed bands as wide and diverse as Fear, Mariah Carey, Neil Young, and Kanye West. It has been a showc... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Brooklyn's experimental alt-rock act TV on the Radio have just come off their most critically acclaimed year to date with their latest disc, Dear Science, named the best album of 2008 by Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Spin, and Entertainment Weekly, am... more info

Live Daily — Taking place on the picturesque Columbia River Gorge, about 3 hours southeast of Seattle, the backdrop of the Sasquatch! Music Festival was as epic as the lineup. Under mostly sunny skies, fans celebrated the Memorial Day holiday (5/23-25) listening ... more info

Rolling Stone — Central Washington’s Columbia River Valley is some of the most beautiful natural landscape in the U.S., and the headlining acts at the Sasquatch! Festival, at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA, over Memorial Day weekend knew it. “Give it up fo... more info

Live Daily — Organizers of this year's Monolith Festival are releasing details about this year's lineup via social networking sites Facebook and Twitter beginning today (5/18), and have unveiled Girl Talk and Starf---er as the first pair of confirmed acts. Acts f... more info