I Like Music — The Australian band head to the UK for a clutch of dates in June and July 2010 more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Dominick Mastrangelo The Middle East The exhaustive stateside touring schedule for The Middle East landed in New York this week. Their two opening sets for Mumford and Sons (MHOW & Webster Hall) were followed by a... more info

Pitchfork — This summer, veteran Japanese fuzz-rock crew Boris hit North American shores once again. The band will play clubs across the continent starting in July, with Russian Circles and Red Sparowes switching off opening-act duties. And they'll wrap things u... more info

Stereogum — You probably noticed with Mountain Man’s “Soft Skin” that the trio’s songs require some quiet to hear their harmonies. But the Vermont trio inspire silence as well. The band opened for The Middle East last night at the Brooklyn Vegan-sponsore... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-28 Sydney, Australia - Vivid Live Festival07-24 San Diego, CA - The Casbah07-25 Tucson, AZ - Plush07-27 Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom *07-28 Austin, TX - The Mohawk *07-30 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon *07-31 Tallahassee, FL - The Engine Roo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Mumford Mumford & Sons and the Middle East played to a full house last night, 5/17, at Music Hall of Williamsburg. As the night's only opener, the Middle East (a band on their first US tour who... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Middle East @ SXSW 2010 (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Antibalas @ Webster Hall * Weasel Walter, Vialka, CSC Funk Band @ Zebulon * Nas, Damian "Jr Gong" Marley @ Highline Ballroom... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Sarah Jessica Parker says she bonded with her Sex and The City co-stars on a deeper level while shooting the sequel in Morocco. "We had this chance to live together and to know one another in a way that we never had the opportunity to do so in New Yo... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Been a while but BTA lives. Here are six tracks to listen to this weekend. Big fan of Nas and Damian Marley's new album Distant Relatives. "Patience" samples the Damon Albarn produced "Sabali" from Amadou & Mariam's 2008 album Welcome to Mali. Th... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-11 Vienna, Austria - Fluc05-13 Moscow, Russia - Aktovy Zal05-14 St. Petersburg, Russia - SKIF Festiva05-15 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser05-18 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen05-19 Berlin, Germany - SO3605-20 Hamburg, Germany - Astrastube05-21 Venlo,... more info