Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominick Mastrangelo Two months after their record release show (as well as a couple of secret shows) the Swedish band Shout Out Louds returned to New York and Webster Hall on Wednesday, 5/5 (one night after Yeasayer played the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yeasayer @ Webster Hall (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) This summer in NYC is already boiling over with free shows and none of the Sunday Pool Parties at the Williamsburg Waterfront have even been announced yet (sort of). Spending Sundays at... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Passion Pit @ Terminal 5 in January (more by Samantha Marble) Passion Pit, The Black Keys and Ting Tings will all be playing free shows in NYC sometime soon. There's a Facebook event page for the shows, but very little... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Benjamin Lozovsky Yeasayer made a much deserved homecoming Tuesday night at Webster Hall. Three months after cautiously debuting material off their latest album Odd Blood, they returned saavier and sassier; even with so many miles behind them, the... more info

Pitchfork — Yeasyer played Manhattan's Webster Hall last night with opening act Sleigh Bells. Photos by Will Deitz. Check out a selection of shots after the jump, then head over to our photo book for a complete set of full-size photos. Yeasayer Sleigh Bells ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Sleigh Bells - Tell 'Em (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cults - Go Outside (MP3) Sleigh Bells @ SXSW (more by Andrew Frisicano) Sleigh Bells' show at Webster Hall tonight with Yeasayer, their brief tourmates, is sold out. But... more info

NME — Brooklyn-based group will play shows in Cambridge, Sheffield and Brighton in July more info

Guardian Music — 'It's a funny old game for lazy Anglophones like me ... I drew South Africa in the Pop World Cup and discovered the summer's hippest barbecue soundtrack'For the last few weeks, my friends and I have been amusing ourselves with a contest: the Pop Worl... more info

The Music Fix — A few dates squeezed into festival season. more info

Gigwise — Scottish festival also adds other big names... more info