Stereogum — Yes, it’s that Andy Rourke, bassist for the Smiths, who put together this remix. Rourke hosts a show called Jetlag on East Village Radio, and he (along with co-host Double Ole) worked this remix. We’re told Rourke simply liked “Breakneck Speed,... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-17 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church @ 06-18 New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg 06-29 New York, NY - Prospect Park Bandshell ! 06-30 New York, NY - Governor's Island !% 07-15 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall 07-16 Montreal, Q... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-29 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg 06-30 New York, NY - Govenor's Island *^07-01 Boston, MA - Royale ^07-02 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore 07-03 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern 07-05 West Chester, PA - The Note 07-06 Baltimore, MD - So... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Why are the MTV movie awards more interesting than the Video Music Awards?  I honestly don't care for the awards part.  Any award show where Twilight takes home the movie of the year prize has some serious legitimacy problems.  But the show itself... more info

Stereogum — After young Worcester, MA fringe-cultural ambassador DOM dug into Glasslands I was left repeating that he “does everything right,” and this remix he filed for Tokyo Police Club’s racing Champ single “Wait Up (Boots Of Danger)” sorta extends... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — As we previously reported, indie-rock upstarts Tokyo Police Club's sophomore effort, Champ, drops tomorrow on Mom + Pop. "Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" is a typically energetic cut from these chaps (or, rather, champs); Rising pop-rock crew Dom have rem... more info

Perfect Porridge — Tokyo Police Club’s new album, Champ comes out June 8th from Mom + Pop, and they play Varsity Theater on August 19. Here’s a Passion Pit remix: Tokyo Police Club : “Wait Up (Boots Of Danger) (Passion Pit Remix)” (mp3) And here’s the video... more info

Chorus.fm — *Tokyo Police Club* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tokyopoliceclub)'s new album, Champ, is streaming now on myspace (http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub). What do you think? more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Andrew St. Clair Tokyo Police Club, now on tour with Passion Pit and DOM (who played Brooklyn Bowl last night), played a sort of private show at the Studio @ Webster Hall in NYC last night (6/1). That... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tokyo Police Club kick off their tour with Passion Pit in Baltimore on Wednesday (June 2nd). They'll be in Virginia on June 8th which is the day their new album Champ (cover art above) is released, and they won't... more info