NME - Radar — You could say Exitmusic are the perfect east-meets-west coast US band for 2011. The husband-wife duo of Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church started in LA a couple of years back, making tentative waves across the pond before, well, fizzling out. Then, ... more info

Stereogum — Next week, Stereogum is putting on a show a little further from the south side of Williamsburg than we’re used to: We’ve teamed up with Bella Union to present a night of music in Iceland’s Reykjavik Museum, headlined by the great, Scandinavia-l... more info

Starpulse — With Alan now safely back at the Beach House, and Jake arriving for his weekend with Dad, Two and A Half Men are … two and a half men again. Alan, worrying about his status as a ‘guest’ in the hous... more info

Guardian Music — Pangaea Hex (Hemlock) Here's a retro rib-tickler for you: Why did the lion get lost? Because the junglist massive. Boom! That one's for the benefit of Pangaea himself, AKA UK bass wunderkind Kevin McAuley, who may not have heard the gag first time ar... more info

Perez Hilton — Ask and you shall most certainly receive! We were very pleasantly surprised when Joseph Gordon-Levitt rocked a performance of Nirvana's Lithium in Seattle this week, and now, we've gotten word that he'll be continuing his musical journey at Sunday's ... more info

Guardian Music — Cults, On tourWhile Phil Spector is detained in prison, his well-documented megalomania must be stoked by the knowledge that the tropes of his most famous musical productions are still enjoying a healthy lease of life. Cults – a New York duo compri... more info

Impose Magazine — Fly Me to the Moon Fest took place in Barcelona last week on July 27 and 28. Our photographer, Celina Bordino, caught Animal Collective, Joanna Newsom, Beach House, and The Suicide of Western Culture. See more images from this post. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Treasure Island Music Festival is returning to San Francisco, CA on October 15 and 16. The lineup includes Cut Copy, Beach House, The Hold Steady, Flying Lotus, Death From Above 1979, YACHT, Shabazz Palaces, The Antlers, St. Vincent, and... more info

DrownedInSound — When Ringo Deathstarr do come into their own, such as on the closing 'Your Town' there's a genuine feeling they could enter the realms of ambient diversity currently occupied by the likes of Beach House and M83. Read the full story on Drownedin... more info

Guardian Music — The trip-hop trio pick out 22 tracks from artists performing in the I'll Be Your Mirror festival, which they are curating this yearAhead of the Portishead-curated I'll Be Your Mirror festival at Alexandra Palace London the trip-hop trio share a mixta... more info