8/1 — 50 Kurt Vile – Childish Prodigy49 Jay-Z – The Blueprint 348 Raphael Saadiq – The Way I See It47 Alasdair Roberts – Spoils46 Broadcast & The Focus Group - …Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age45 Richmond Fontaine ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I normally move away quickly to the opposite corner of the record shop as fast as I can if someone points in the direction of a charity record, for almost without exception they are well-meaning but crap.But not Dark Was The Night, a 2CD release fro... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-17 Stockholm, Sweden - Kagelbanan 11-18 Lund, Sweden - Mejeriet11-19 Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle11-20 Den Hague, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival11-22 Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk11-23 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof11-25 Katowice, Poland - Hi... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: NewsChris Knox, the indie godfather of New Zealand indie music, suffered a debilitating stroke in June at his home in Auckland. His many friends in New Zealand's music scene -- and some from far further afield -- have rallied round by re... more info

NME — Band will now play shows in Australia and New Zealand more info

Live Daily — Indie rockers Yo La Tengo [ tickets ] will return to North America early next year behind the band's 12th and latest studio album, "Popular Songs." The veteran group, which is currently in Ireland to launch an extended slate of international dates... more info

Guardian Music — Canadian hardcore punks Fucked Up are to feed the world with help from Vampire Weekend, TV On the Radio and Broken Social SceneCelebrated Canadian hardcore group Fucked Up are to re-record Do They Know It's Christmas, mounting a charity benefit with ... more info

Pitchfork - TV — With a blazing sun dipping below the New York City skyline behind them, the Garden State indie stalwarts take to a Brooklyn rooftop and perform four tracks from their recent LP, Popular Songs. more info

Nialler9 — A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. Tuesday 3rd Nov - BLK JKS @ The Academy 2 – Win tickets (€11.80) Wednesday 4th Nov - Mew @ The Academy (€17.50) Thursday 5th Nov - Yo La Tengo @ Tripod (â�... more info

Rolling Stone — Who: Before this rising New York indie-pop quartet played a note together, they had a band name, a MySpace page and some shared tastes: “We loved loud, sort of enthusiastic, life-affirming pop like Yo La Tengo and Smashing Pumpkins,” says frontma... more info