KEXP Seattle — Seattle’s The Head and the Heart have come a long way since their meeting at an open mic night, skyrocketing to stardom opening for Vampire Weekend and now playing the Main Stage at the 2011 Sasquatch! Music Festival. Their popularity was not under... more info

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Guardian Music — This four-piece call what they do 'psychedelic drum pop' but are keen not to be pigeonholed as 'tribal' for reasons best known to themselvesHometown: Peckham.The lineup: Josh Mitchell (vocals, guitar, samplers), Charlie Rotberg (drums, samplers), Jam... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — alternate headline: Vampire Weekend headlining Hamptons Music Fest, go figure Vampire Weekend @ Coachella 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) MTK: Music To Know Festival announces its inaugural line up headlined by Vampire Weekend on Saturday, August 13th and B... more info

Altsounds — MTK: Music To Know Festival announced its inaugural line up headlined by *Vampire Weekend* on Saturday, August 13th and *Bright Eyes* on Sunday, August 14th. Other confirmed bands include *Matt & Kim*, *Cold War Kids*, *Chromeo*, *Tame Impala*, *Ra ... more info

Stereogum — A new two-day festival, Music To Know, launches this August in East Hampton, New York with appropriate headliners Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes along with Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, and M. Ward, among others. Vampi... more info

Guardian Music — Footage of Arcade Fire at a house party in 2002 shows a band with great things ahead. By Chris SalmonMontreal collective Arcade Fire have spent this year being honoured at music's biggest award ceremonies and playing festival headline slots, but a t... more info

Guardian Music — Pulp's imminent return to gigging has led them to search out the best – or worst – covers of their own songs on YouTube, and some of them make for very entertaining viewingNext month, Pulp will take the stage at the Isle of Wight festival to perf... more info

Stereogum — If you watched the return of Gossip Girl last night you might have noticed Duck Sauce’s “Barbra Streisand” soundtracking multiple commercials. Like Vampire Weekend’s “Holiday,” it’s the right moment for the song, which reached the numbe... more info