Pasta Primavera — Tonight in Baltimore there is a great show over at Sonar with the great Maps and Atlases.  GREAT.  So Many Dynamos, Fang Island, and Timberwolves open.  Also in town, Liam Finn plays the Lyric Opera House where he’ll be opening for Eddie V... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Pow Wow! - last minute street performance - Northside Day 1 (Maryanne Ventrice) Here we are: the inaugural Northside Festival, the L Magazine's attempt at bringing the spirit of SXSW to Brooklyn. At least that what I... more info

5 Acts — Elfin Saddle is currently touring with Sunset Rubdown. They're playing Sunday night here in DC at Black Cat. If you'd like a shot at winning a pair of tickets, email me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com with "Elfin Saddle" as the subject. Good luck!Elfi... more info

Stereogum — If you haven't yet joined the premature evaluation party for Spencer Krug's latest, listen to Dragonslayer in its entirety at NPR. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the new Sunset Rubdown album Dragonslayer, in its entirety. Slate lists a collection of first person narratives for your summer reading. The Louisville Courier-Journal previews this year's Bonnaroo music festival. PopMatters intervie... more info

Obscure Sound — Summery indie-pop, intricate art-rock, and a little bit of blues were the mainstays this month, featuring a bunch of new faces apart from Sunset Rubdown. Their new album, Dragonslayer, is fantastic and their track on this month’s best-of is one of ... more info

Obscure Sound — Comparisons are futile for Spencer Krug. His rare capacity to manufacture several releases per year is impressive in itself, but Krug’s work ethic is not the direct cause of his esteemed status. His prolific tendencies naturally tend to result... more info

Quick Before It Melts — It has surprised me how much I have increasingly liked each Sunset Rubdown album, seeing as that, Wolf Parade-edly speaking–I like Dan Boeckner more than Spencer Krug.  I don’t know the guys personally, so it’s not a personality thing.  I... more info

Stereogum — When discussing a new Sunset Rubdown album it's become pretty cliché to list everything Spencer Krug's recently accomplished, but his output remains as prolific as each release is monumental, so it does remains an important piece of the story. Sin... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I'm heading down to Mexico for graduation vacation (part one) this morning and will return early next week. While packing for my trip last night, though, I received some new listening material for my trip in the form Sunset Rubdown's upcoming releas... more info