KEXP Seattle — The New Pornographers brought with them Californian trios Imaad Wasif and The Dodos as openers for their Showbox show last Sunday. The first, from Los Angeles, Imaad Wasif, the hairy guitarist/vocalist who grabs people’s necks to make his way to th... more info

Rollo & Grady — Rage Against The Machine Recommended Shows :: July 20th – July 25th Tuesday, July 20th Grand Archives with Kaiser Cartel @ The Echo Le Butcherettes with Vato Negro featuring Omar & Juan from The Mars Volta @ Spaceland The New Pornographers with The... more info

Pitchfork - Tours —   06-10 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival06-12 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater *&06-13 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *& 06-14 Detroit, MI - Crofoot Ballroom*&06-15 Toronto, Ontario - The Sound Academy *& 06-16 Ottawa, Ontario - Ritual *&06-... more info

Pitchfork — The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have just announced the schedule for the three-day marathon, which comes to Chicago's Grant Park August 6-8. And as with any gigantic eight-stage festival, you might need a little help navigating the mons... more info

411 Mania — Primavera Sound festival thoughts, Arcade Fire are back, the Israeli indie-rock boycott, news on Interpol, new albums from Phil Selway, Superchunk, The Dodos more info

Pitchfork — Artist: The DodosAlbum: The Dodos Live From Akropolis, PragueRelease Date: Available nowLabel: Self-released Tracklist: 01 Walking 02 Red and Purple / Eyelids 03 Fools 04 Joe's Waltz 05 Winter 06 It's That Time Again 07 Paint the Rust 08 Jodi 09 Ashl... more info

Chorus.fm — The L Festival (http://www.thelmagazine.com/blogs/NorthsideFestivalNews/) will be taking place on June 24-27 all over Williamsburg and Greenpoint in Brooklyn. This year's line-up includes* The Hold Steady, Sunset Rubdown, The Dodos, Cymbals Eat Guit... more info

Pitchfork — This year's Bonnaroo is only a few weeks away-- June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee, to be exact. Like usual, there are many bands playing but only so much time to see them: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, the xx, the National, the Flaming Lips (doi... more info

Guardian Music — From the Village People (featuring Der Mannschaft) to Del Amitri, here are half a dozen of the worst anthems of all time1) Far Away In America (Village People and Deutsche Fussball-Nationalmannschaft) Team: Germany. World Cup: USA 1994.Let's not beat... more info

Pasta Primavera — Minneapolis duo Peter Wolf Crier and their debut album Inter-Be made their way onto my ipod a few weeks ago and its been REALLY hard to stop playing this album (sorry for the overplay workmates). Remember that first time you heard Sea Wolf or The Dod... more info