NME - The Bands Blog — This week’s issue of the magazine celebrates music’s Ultimate Cult Heroes, from Syd Barrett to Jay Reatard, Mark E. Smith and The Sonics. Here, in an extended extract from the mag, The Drums’ guitarist Jacob Graham talks us through his own cult... more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the best European festivalsBerlin FestivalWhen: 9–10 SeptemberWhere: Flughafen Tempelhof, and throughout BerlinWho: Suede, Primal Scream, Beirut, Mogwai, Battles, The Drums, Hercules And Love Affair, Wire, SantigoldHow m... more info

Powerpopulist — We're no longer afraid of widgets. In fact, we spent several hours plowing through every one of them over at RCRD LBL and were rather wildly delighted to find the following downloadables. Some of them we already had, indeed had already posted--Oh, th... more info

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Totally Fuzzy — In October 2010, Kordan released their debut full-length album titled The Longing. A fusion of electro glint and shoegaze murk, this record expands the dystopian cityscape they built on Fantasy Nation EP, making way for a love story set in a hazy me... more info

Altsounds — "We are deeply saddened by what has happened, and we are so in awe of the strength and courage shown by the people of Japan. We wrote this song to bring a little more hope. Japan, we have loved you since the very first moment we set foot on your l... more info

Nialler9 — After announcements of Best Coast and the initial lineup in recent weeks, Electric Picnic have added more acts: Public Enemy The Drums Blonde Redhead Zola Jesus Santigold The Undertones The Family Stone Joan As Policewoman Power Of Dreams Best Coast ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Coachella 2011 Sahara Tent, Friday Morning (pre-destruction) (via Konfadense) The 2011 Coachella Music Festival begins today (4/15). Not there? YouTube has the stream. Starting at 4:00 PM PDT, you can watch sets by !!!, The Drums and Morning Benders.... more info

Impose Magazine — Holy Moses, Beach Fossils headlined their own MHOW show.  Time keeps churning on and on, doesn't it? The show was last Friday, April 8, and Craft Spells opened. The Drums were the "unannounced special guest." Eh. Good for Beach Fossils, though. ... more info

Altsounds — *French Horn Rebellion *(Robert and David Perlick-Molinari) kick off 2011 by announcing the US self-release of their debut album *'The Infinite Music of French Horn Rebellion'*on April 19th digitally and May 24th physically (Once Upon A Time Records)... more info