JamBase — RIFF GENERATING GENIUS TURNS 62 TOMORROW Queen is one of those rock bands so rippled into what we consider that genre at this point that it seems too small a thing to call them "influential." From strict radio fare to the more outre melange of Howl... more info

Stereogum — Now in it's third year, Denver's Monolith Festival has laid out its plan to lure the mountain west region's indie minded music fans to Red Rocks for a noteworthy weekend of bloggable bands. Headlining the two-day festival are Yeah Yeah Yeahs and t... more info

JamBase — Monolith Announces 2009 Lineup Indie Rock Fest Set To Go Down September 12 & 13 at Red Rocks The final touches are being put on the lineup of the Monolith Music Festival which includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, MSTRKRFT, Phoenix, The Walkmen, Hea... more info

Stereogum — There's a new viral promo for the FX series featuring fans singing "Dayman." Videogum calls it the "Single Ladies" of bored middle class white children with great taste in low budget cable market comedy programming! Ted Leo and of Montreal are in it! more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Pitchfork interviews Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors. of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes talks to The Skinny. This weekend's updates to the 2009 Bonnaroo downloads page include an mp3 set by the Tangiers Blues Bands and a lossless download of the.... more info

Stereogum — For its official single, the Faint's Todd Fink and Jacob Thiele, aka Depressed Buttons, put a dark dance spin on Skeletal Lamping's "Our Elegant Caste." Listen at Nashville Nights. Or take it both ways: The EP, which comes with an acoustic take as we... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Updates to the 2009 Bonnaroo music festival live show downloads page include mp3s of the Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Nine Inch Nails, Bruce Springsteen, Dirty Projectors, Drive-By Truckers, Gomez, The Mars Volta, of Montreal, Bon Iver, Public Ene... more info

Altsounds — The second single from hugely acclaimed album *‘Skeletal Lamping’*, ‘For Our Elegant Caste’ is as musically uplifting as it is lyrically ambiguous and accentuates Kevin Barnes’ non-linear train of thought.... more info

All About Jazz — The Greatest Rocksteady Event Ever Seen! The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is thrilled to invite fans to the Grande soire XM Radio Satellite, a free outdoor Rocksteady megaconcert live from the General Motors stage on Tuesday, July 7, 9... more info

Rawkblog — Explosions in the Sky / All photos by Cayla McCrae We’ve seen of Montreal and Girl Talk’s sets from last weekend’s Sasquatch! Music Festival at Washington’s epic Gorge. Below, the best of the rest — Explosions in the Sky, Nine Inch Nails, P... more info