Consequence of Sound — Jonathan Fire*Eater is credited for inspiring bands including The Strokes, Interpol, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yeah Yeah Yeahs, SZA and Lauryn Hill performed at Levi's '501 Day' party at LA's Hollywood Palladium on Wednesday (5/16), which this year was a collaboration with celebrity stylist Karla Welch... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — In addition to playing with the back-in-action Yeah Yeah Yeahs, drummer Brian Chase is up to a lot of other stuff this year. He's releasing albums with his Drums and Drones solo project and with saxophonist Catherine Sikora. We're premierin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Camp Cope are one of our favorite newer bands around and Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been one of our favorite bands for like 15 years, so needless to say, we were pretty in awe when we came across this video... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Scottish genre-bending trio Young Fathers recently played intimate US shows in NYC and LA in support of their great new LP Cocoa Sugar, followed by two big LA shows opening for LCD Soundsystem and Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Hollywood Bowl... Continue reading... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Hollywood Bowl shows marked the live debut of LCD Soundsytem's "How Do You Sleep?" and you can watch video of that below. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Basilica SoundScape will be returning to Hudson, NY for its seventh year this fall, and the festival's initial lineup has just been announced. Grouper, Lightning Bolt, Efrim Manuel Menuck (of Godspeed You! Black Emperor), Wax Idols, Spellling, L'Rain... more info

Consequence of Sound — Norah Jones, Johnny Marr, Liz Phair, Young the Giant, and Hiss Golden Messenger also confirmed for the 3-day California festival. more info

NME — The popstar's long-awaited new record is said to be coming this year Royksopp and Robyn are joining Haim and Two Door Cinema Club on the bill for Latitude festival in July 2014. Kraftwerk, Bloc Party and Yeah Yeah Yeahs played at the event this y... more info

Consequence of Sound — Montreal festival also promises The National, James Blake, St. Vincent, Lykke Li, Franz Ferdinand, Blondie, Jenny Lewis, Portugal. the Man, and many more. more info