JamBase — Monolith Announces 2009 Lineup Indie Rock Fest Set To Go Down September 12 & 13 at Red Rocks The final touches are being put on the lineup of the Monolith Music Festival which includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, MSTRKRFT, Phoenix, The Walkmen, Hea... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Agit Reader: Have you found it difficult to be a band in New York? Given the deluge of music that's here, is it hard to make your mark? Alex Naidus: We haven't thought of it that... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Little Girls - Tambourine (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Brunettes - Small Town Crew (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sharon... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As pointed out by Stereogum, there's a person who definitely won't be at the Pains of Being Pure at Heart Seaport show tonight.Brooklyn shut up ! most of your bands all suck and you are total wanna bees !... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday (MP3) Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Bell House in March (more by Chris La Putt) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart headline a free show at... more info

Rollo & Grady — Here are our favorite albums for the first half of 2009, 1.) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 2.) Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid 3.) Japandroids - Post-Nothing 4.) White Denim - Fits 5.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 6.) Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: Afro-Punk Fest @ Brooklyn Academy of Music 3pm FREEIf you were looking for a way to keep the holiday weekend going today you don't have to look very far at all. Day three of the Afro-Punk Festival will be going strong all day in Brooklyn and ... more info

The Yellow Stereo — I am really digging this new single from The Depreciation Guild, the video of which was recently premiered on Pitchfork.  Check out this previous post for a more in-depth look at the band, but the gist of it is that Kurt Feldman, who also moonligh... more info

The Music Fix — Feature: Matt James plays with the big boys...and goes home crying. more info

Rolling Stone — Paolo Nutini hits the road in support of his second album Sunny Side Up, the Mekons bring their style of country-western punk back to the States and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart shoegaze from coast to coast. Full dates for all three tours, after ... more info