Rolling Stone — Flaming Lips and MGMT will headline San Francisco’s Treasure Island Festival on October 17th and 18th, a press release confirms. The Decemberists, Girl Talk, the Streets, Grizzly Bear and more bands round out the bill, which can be found at the eve... more info

MTV.com News — Lily Allen, Mos Def and Kelly Clarkson make the mid-year list, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery MTV News Picks For Best Albums of the Year (So Far) Photo: MTV News The actual midway point of 2009 occurred on July 2, one week a... more info

NME — The Decemberists, Grizzly Bear also set for San Francisco festival more info

JamBase — HEARTLESS BASTARDS Touring Throughout Summer Heartless Bastards The Austin, TX based indie rock act Heartless Bastards have confirmed their summer 2009 touring schedule. The band recently finished its first tour overseas and are fresh off a po... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Felicia Graham Heartless Bastards' singer Erika Wennerstrom started a side project called Swet Tea with Alex Maas of The Black Angels. They performed the Cash/Carter calssic If I Were A Carpenter at the Austin City Limits TV Show earlier this... more info

Stereogum — When John Vanderslice did "Too Much Time" with the Magik*Magik Orchestra, we suggested that, actually, perhaps he wasn't spending enough time with the so-called "official house orchestra" of his Tiny Telephone studio. Case in point: Check out this lu... more info

Totally Fuzzy — HolyInheritance said...We Were "Born Free"A Delicious Decade of Musichttp://adeliciousdecade.blogspot.comloaded said...Kasabian - EmpireKasabian - KasabianThe Decemberists - PicaresqueAir - Moon SafariEagles Of Death Metal - Peace Love Death MetalAfg... more info

Stereogum — The lineup for this fall's Treasure Island won't be announced until 7/13, but we were tipped to a few folks who'll definitely be playing the Bay Area fest: MGMT, MSTRKRFT, and Girl Talk on 10/17 and for those less into booty shaking, Flaming Lips, Be... more info

JamBase — Lollapalooza Late Night Announced The official late night shows for Chicago's Lollapalooza festival have been announced. Set to go down August 7-9 in Grant Park, you can see the full lineup and schedule for the daytime events here. Late Night Show... more info

Battery In your Leg — “Please describe your music, and keep in mind ‘crap’ has already been taken by The Decemberists.” more info