JamBase — McDowell Mountain Music Festival Announce Lineup Featuring The Flaming Lips, Spearhead, Matisyahu The Flaming Lips The sixth annual McDowell Mountain Music Festival (MMMF) lineup has been secured for 2009. Performances at the April 24 and 25 ev... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Passion Pit started the year as one of the most hyped bands around. Their euphoric blend of Flaming Lips style optimism, Hot Chip esque cute electronics and inventiveness akin to The Avalanches pricked numerous critics and taste makers ears and cause... more info

JamBase — JAPANESE FUTURE POPSTER COMES TO GOLDEN STATE "A tireless soundscaper, this musical polymath blends electronica with a musical kleptomania." - Time Magazine Cornelius Sound explorer Cornelius will be taking his live show to the U.S. for four spec... more info

Totally Fuzzy — THE BIG MUSIC MUSEUM said...ITALY SIXTYSEVEN / The Italian Beat Virtual Museum present:Italian Beat Labels: ARC (1964-70)Italy Top 100 Singles 1961http://italysixtyseven.blogspot.commichaelDUSTdevil said...THE RESIDENTS - Third Reich And RollDAVID KI... more info

JamBase — 8th YEAR OF FORWARD THINKING FEST IN BUCOLIC SETTING The Flaming Lips - Sasquatch '08 by Sean Pecknold The eighth annual Sasquatch Festival is set to take place Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25, at The Gorge in George, Washington. Here's the init... more info

NME — Placebo will headline the Sunday night (June 14) of the Rock Ness festival in Scotland this summer. more info

MTV.co.uk News — Basement Jaxx and The Streets will play the capital as the Flaming Lips hang out with Nessie... more info

JamBase — TEN SPECIAL FAN CURATED SHOWS IN MAY AND A CAVALCADE OF PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD MATERIAL Sam Beam by Jesse Borrell On May 19, 2009, Iron and Wine will issue Around the Well (Sub Pop), a 2-CD/3-LP collection of rare tracks ranging from the out-of-prin... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-Campbell Iron and Wine released their debut album in 2002, which in a weird way makes Sam Beam the spiritual godfather of the all the wispy beardy-folk masses swarming the planet in 2009. In any case, Beam's now deep enough int... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, ExclusiveIron and Wine (or rather, ahem, Sam Beam) has had a career trajectory that went from charming lo-fi basement recordings ('The Creek Drank the Cradle') to richly-arranged and produced folk-pop songs ('The Shepard's Dog'). A... more info