Pop Candy — Last weekend the annual Pitchfork Music Festival rocked Chicago and drew some 49,000 fans to Union Park. The lineup included Grizzly Bear, Built to Spill, Beirut, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Walkmen, Yo La Tengo and bushels more. more info

Culture Bully — If Beirut was the only band playing the Pitchfork Music Festival I would have still came, such is my love for the New Mexican band. more info

Stereogum — Coachella is already the most fashionable of the summer festivals by virtue of its proximity to Los Angeles, so this year the NYT ran with the glam, taking a bagful of high fashion garments and draping them on a bunch of rock stars for a fun littl... more info

Stereogum — Joining Beirut in the race for 2009's best hooker-titled song, BTW and OKX alum the Twilight Sad have lined up "I Became A Prostitute" as the second single from their forthcoming Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters followup, Forget The Night Ah... more info

Stereogum — The lineup for this fall's Treasure Island won't be announced until 7/13, but we were tipped to a few folks who'll definitely be playing the Bay Area fest: MGMT, MSTRKRFT, and Girl Talk on 10/17 and for those less into booty shaking, Flaming Lips, Be... more info

Stereogum — "The Concubine" comes from the Holland portion of Zach Condon's fantastic double-EP release from earlier this year. It's the EP for which he dusted off his old Realpeople moniker and got back to playing with laptops and keys. That said, this track... more info

Rock Sellout — Team B is the musical endeavor of Kelly Pratt (Beirut, Arcade Fire). The majority of their debut album was written and recorded while Kelly was on tour with Arcade Fire and Beirut in 2007 and 2008. Kelly received help from a few of his friends LCD So... more info

JamBase — FINAL ØYA 2009 LINEUP ANNOUNCED RECENT ADDITIONS INCLUDE: Fever Ray, Wilco, Asher Roth, Grizzly Bear, Ulver, Monotonix, Beach House, Band of Horses, Amanda Blank, Jenny Lewis, Crystal Antlers, Enslavedand Dirty Projectors. 5 DAY PASSES SOLD... more info

JamBase — SOME SERIOUS WINDY CITY SWEETNESS! Doug Martsch - Built To Spill by Scott Galbraith The 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival, to be held July 17 - 19 at Chicago's Union Park, continues to congeal nicely, including adding Antlers to the bill! Here's th... more info

Said the Gramophone — Sharon Van Etten - "Much More Than That". Sometimes I do not have the right word. I thought about this a lot and I have realised that there are always two possible reasons: (1) that I am not a better writer; (2) that there is no word. And so whe... more info