I Guess I'm Floating — Two years ago Montreal native Patrick Watson was nominated for the Polaris Prize, one of Canada's top music honors, along with some heavy hitters (Arcade Fire, Feist, Chad VanGaalen, Junior Boys) and picked up the award despite the odds. That was fo... more info

Guardian Music — Organisers are holding emergency talks to discuss the impact on Glastonbury should the outbreak reach the level of a pandemicGlastonbury festival organisers have revealed that the recent outbreak of swine flu may result in the cancellation of the fes... more info

JamBase — ATP New York 2009 Announces New Acts: Iron & Wine, Deerhunter, Boss Hog, No Age, Caribou, Deerhoof and more special performances by Boredoms performing BOREDRUM 2009 Festival Set For September 11-13, co-curated by The Flaming Lips Animal Collecti... more info

Music Mule — What? Animal Collective They’ve released one of the indie albums of the year (and possibly decade?) in Merriweather Post Pavillion and following recent sell out shows in Koko and then The Forum, the band are back this summer to play their biggest h... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Ever since I first delved into Blind Man's Colour late last year I've been adamant about exploring their related side projects. If you're keeping track, there's Suntime (BMC's Kyle Wyss and his brother Evan), Sandbar (Evan Wyss solo), and Chromatic ... more info

XLR8R — This Friday, May 1, non-profit web radio collective dublab will host its 6th Labrat Matinee: “Selections from an Astral Projectionist." Housed in L.A.’s Silent Movie Theatre, the all-ages event will begin at 7:30 with a showcase of rare ... more info

Stereogum — Every few weeks, Amazon.com lets us select one recent release from its MP3 store to go on super sale (up to 75% off normal prices). Hopefully you'll be able to add these must-own LPs to your library without breaking your budget. People kept asking us... more info

Persona Sauna — ...then you'll probably like the Middle Eastern meets Echo Park sounds of Rainbow Arabia. The relatively new music video for "Omar K" off their album The Basta is completely awesome. I probably wouldn't have ever heard this song hadn't it been for th... more info

Stereogum — Elisa Ambrogio and the hardworking Pete Nolan have released more CD-R's, 7"'s, and etc. than even the most diehard Magik Markers fan could count without resorting to a cheat sheet, but 2007's Lee Ranaldo-produced BOSS is marked as the second official... more info

All About Jazz — Lollapalooza | 08.07 - 08.09 | Grant Park, Chicago Depeche Mode, Tool, Killers, Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, KOL, STS9, TV on the Radio Set to go down August 7-9 in Chicago's Grant Park, the Lollapalooza festival has announced the lineup for the... more info