Music Mule — What? Chess Club presents Local Natives, one of the hits of SXSW this year, featured in Just For Kicks recently, I can’t get enough of their sunny harmonies and off kilter pop melodies. Live they feature tribal drumming and apparently those voices ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — For the acquainted: here is a 4-track sampler of the forthcoming Discovery record released on July 6th. It includes two new songs as well as the previously heard 'Osaka Loop Line' and 'Orange Shirt'.For the unacquainted: Take one member of Vampire W... more info

Get Weird — Tristan aka Hunk The Drunk from one of our favourite blogs Winnie Cooper sent over this nice edit of a track from New York indie hipsters Vampire Weekend. Look out for the Winnie Coopers doing shows around the Vancouver area which has just been named... more info

VH1 News — Vampire Weekend gave MTV News a preview of songs from their second album, which they plan to release this year. more info

Abeano — Ever wondered what would have happened if Postal Service had made a follow up to the wonderful ‘Give Up’ ? But informed less by indie and emo and more the kind of modern day r’n‘b vibes more closely associated with the likes of R.... more info

JamBase — FINAL ØYA 2009 LINEUP ANNOUNCED RECENT ADDITIONS INCLUDE: Fever Ray, Wilco, Asher Roth, Grizzly Bear, Ulver, Monotonix, Beach House, Band of Horses, Amanda Blank, Jenny Lewis, Crystal Antlers, Enslavedand Dirty Projectors. 5 DAY PASSES SOLD... more info

MTV.com News — MTV News gets a sneak listen of 'White Sky' and 'Taxi Cab,' from the band's upcoming sophomore LP.By James Montgomery Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij Photo: MTV News Vampire Weekend could have done this anywhere: Malibu... more info

Music for Robots — Discovery - Orange Shirt. Listen; I know this is everywhere today, but who honestly cares. The fact is that this song is way too fun to ignore. One of the more interesting things is how unlike Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend it is. Those are both fine... more info

Stereogum — Aloha drummer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Cale Parks has successfully stepped out on his own for a couple of full-lengths over the past few years, and this remix of Ra Ra Riot's "Dying Is Fine" comes in advance of his new EP of original tunes, To ... more info

Guardian Music — One of this year's SXSW hits, this 'vocal group' are like Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes and Arcade Fire in one hairy packageHometown: Silverlake, USA.The lineup: Matt Frazier (drums), Andy Hamm (bassist), Ryan Hahn (guitar, vocals), Taylor Rice (vocal... more info