Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Marianne Ventrice DOWNLOAD: Cults - Go Outside (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fucked Up - Walking on Sunshine (MP3) (info) "Not letting a little rain deter us from the excellent High Places/Fucked Up/Liars show at Barge Park." - jdye Cults (who... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom @06-26 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom @07-01 Houston, TX - Mango's07-02 New York, NY - Seaport Music Festival $07-03 New Orleans, LA - No More Fiction07-04 Athens, GA - Farm 25507-05 Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor... more info

DrownedInSound — Ever since Titus Andronicus's newest record came out we've been wondering several things. Firstly "how do you go about writing a record around The American Civil War?"...what's the starting point? 1861? When in 1861? Secondly, "how bloody good is thi... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Elisabeth Vitale New Jersey's own Titus Andronicus unleash their sprawling suburban blues all over North America this summer. So get ready for big, bleating major chords, and even some goofy dancing. They'll play songs from their recently Be... more info

Pitchfork — In a recent Pitchfork interview, funny guy David Cross talked about the similarities between musicians and comedians: "There's quite an overlap between musicians who have an affection towards comedy and comedians who fantasize about being in a band,"... more info

Pitchfork — Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival kicked off its first day with sets from Broken Social Scene, Pavement, the xx, Titus Andronicus, the Books, Fuck Buttons, Moderat, and more, as we reported yesterday. On Day Two, things got... more info

The Music Fix — A disappointing night of rocking out in Leeds. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-20 Norwich, England - Norwich Arts Centre *05-21 Liverpool, England - The Korova Bar ^#05-22 Glasgow, Scotland - Stag and Dagger Festival05-23 Manchester, England - Manchester Deaf Institute *05-24 Preston, England - Mad Ferret05-25 London, Englan... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Ryan Dombal Those Titus Andronicus fans are a dedicated bunch; if zines still existed, the New Jersey band would certainly be common subject. The latest act of devotion from fans of the ambitious punk act is an unofficial collection of demos... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — This week the National releases its latest album, High Violet, one of my favorite music releases of the year so far (right up there with Titus Andronicus's epic The Monitor and several others). Miguel Syjuco's debut novel Ilustrado was... more info