NME - Radar — Back on the pier for the second day of Radar's tenure at the Great Escape. It began with a veritable deluge of Los Angeles lasses. First-up Best Coast brought her bare-bones lovelorn buzz-fi all hot and heavy. Winding up what's been a landmark first ... more info

XLR8R — XLR8R 133: The Q+A Issue For this May/June issue, nearly every feature found within takes the shape of an interview. Whether it's our scribes getting the scoop from the likes of Trailer Trash Tracys and DaVinci or Warpaint sitting down with cove... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Saturday night, May 8th, Aquarium Drunkard presents a co-headline bill: Warpaint/Priestbird at the Bootleg Theater. We’re giving away several pairs of tickets for the show. To enter: send an email to aquariumdrunkardcontests at gmail.com with your ... more info

XLR8R — Former home-recording maestro Ariel Pink has not only expanded his live and recorded line-up to include a full band, but he's also made the switch from the Animal Collective-curated Paw Tracks label to indie legend 4AD for his forthcoming record... more info

Altsounds — NXNE announces the second wave of bands playing the festival this June. Wristbands range from just $25 for one day to $50 for all five days of music and film, and are available online at NXNE 2010 | June 14 – 20 | TORONTO... more info

Stereogum — The other day we heard from Kisses, the side-project of Princeton’s Jesse Kivel, and this one comes from another branch of the Princeton family: brother and bandmate Matt Kivel’s own project seems him join forces with Julia Bembenek  and drumm... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on general sale at noon for the 2nd (actually the first) Faith No More show at Williamsburg Waterfront. Tickets are on sale at noon for the Silversun Pickups / Against Me! show at Williamsburg Waterfront. Tickets are on... more info

Pitchfork — What: The Great EscapeWhen: May 13-15Where: Brighton, EnglandWho: Broken Social Scene, Wild Beasts, the Big Pink, the Walkmen, These New Puritans, Surfer Blood, Here We Go Magic, Morning Benders, John Talabot, Sleigh Bells, the Fiery Furnaces, Warpai... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are now on AmEx presale for the Ween show at Rumsey Playfield aka Central Park Summerstage. Tickets may also still be available for the show happening at Starland Ballroom four months earlier. Tickets are on sale at noon or... more info