Brooklyn Vegan — The Antlers at Rough Trade in June (more by Amanda Hatfield) Producer/musician Daniel Lanois (known for work with Brian Eno, U2, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel and others) has teamed up with ANTI- Records to curate a concert called ANTI-Thesis happening..... more info

Nialler9 — Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon Tuesday July 1st Eels @ Olympia Theatre (€39) [Rock] Fully-seated show leaning on Eels’ newest more contemplative Beck style album  Slayer @ The Academy (SOLD OUT) [Rock] Partly responsi... more info

Nialler9 — The National Concert Hall have announced its summer schedule which covers events from June 24th – August 9th. It includes a farewell concert from Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Paul Brady, Tinariwen and The Art of the Song: ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Recently, Wo’ Pop favorites Tinariwen played a live set for KEXP while moving through Seattle on their sold-out international tour to promote their new album, Emmaar. Drawing influence from West African music, traditional Tuareg assouf stylistics, ... more info

NME — Mac DeMarco, John Wizards and Bo Ningen also set to appear at Stay Out West sideshows more info

Brooklyn Vegan — La Femme @ BV SXSW day party (more by Amanda Hatfield) For all of tonight's shows, and tomorrow's, check out our NYC concert calendar. La Femme, Regal Degal, Future Punx, DJBP @ Glasslands The title of Parisian band La Femme's... more info

Nialler9 — Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival takes place across Belfast from May 1st to 11th and some of the names lined up include: De La Soul, Fuck Buttons, Wild Beasts, Shonen Knife, Rubberbandits, The Selecter, Tinariwen, Marc Mulcahy, Jimi Goodwin (Doves), ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Tinariwen’s music speaks for Kel Tamashek, the Tuaregs, and their desert home, the “tenere.” The typical descriptor of “desert blues,” suggests a genre defined by it’s point of origin, but how linked are music and place, really? This musi... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — IGN pairs literary characters with their favorite video game. BrooklynVegan interviewed Hold Steady guitarist Tad Kubler. BuzzFeed recommended anthologies every author should own. Noisey profiled the band Tinariwen. Author Hannah Kent is keeping a li... more info

Stereogum — The eternally badass Tuareg desert-blues band Tinariwen recorded their new album Emmaar in Joshua Tree when the political climate Mali, their hometown, made it impossible to record there. The LP includes a deeply random collection of American guest m... more info