Guardian Music — Beat-Herder (2-4 Jul, Sawley, beatherder.co.uk) brings leftfield thrills to Lancashire's Ribble Valley, with Luke Vibert, Erol Alkan and Son Of Dave joining the already-confirmed likes of Django Django and Does It Offend You, Yeah? …Some more new a... more info
Pitchfork — From the Pharcyde's "Drop" to Rancid's "Salvation", great music videos are bursts of sound and vision that leave an indelible impression. Director's Cut is a Pitchfork News feature in which we chat with music video directors about their creations. ... more info
411 Mania — Muse, Band Of Horses, Beck, Bat For Lashes, UNKLE, Vampire Weekend, Florence + The Machine and many more combine for the latest Twilight sound track, but is it any good? more info
Pitchfork — The Roots brought Vampire Weekend (above), Clipse, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, and Method Man, the Very Best, tUnE-yArDs and more to the Roots Picnic this weekend at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. Photographer Maria Tessa Sciarrino was there to take ... more info
Stereogum — Vampire Weekend made to The Colbert Report last night, sharing a stage for the second time this week with Colbert (both were at O’Brien’s Radio City Music Hall show earlier this week). As with the Hold Steady, Colbert did a quick interview with t... more info
Pitchfork — Photo by Søren Solkær Starbird
Just days after Vampire Weekend and Stephen Colbert stopped by Conan O'Brien's comedy tour in NYC, they crossed paths once again on "The Colbert Report" last night. The preppy, peppy dons debated Stephen about Oxford ... more info
Pop Candy — Happy Friday, all! This week may have been short, but it still felt long to me ... let's kick off this steamy day with some headlines:
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Time Out, London — Fatboy Slim, Pendulum, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Leftfield, Ian Brown, Plan B, Friendly Fires, Doves, Enter Shikari, Crystal Castles
Remember when rock festivals would designate a day for the heavy... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Graham "At the sold-out Sasquatch, bands holding down the headliner spots haven't necessarily turned out to be the biggest draws. Sure, My Morning Jacket played to a mostly packed house on Saturday, and Massive Attack was overwhelming... more info