Altsounds — Mexican Summer (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103603718208&s=223&e=001V8Zc063gOE7IIyMMRpMGXo5dAm2p5SNK_Ocka28uzSHfFZ0CKeGEcIHp4XoEbNfk75R8SHEbGCn90kPT8GkcDFnNot5rjnvitgRYGR5d29NRcyItG-uuTg==) is pleased to announce that everyone's favorite California... more info

Guardian Music — "This year's been brilliant for new music," said New Band of the Day writer Paul Lester, when filing his 173,294th column. Before we could admonish him for engaging in idle chit-chat when he should have been scouring the blogosphere for hot talent, w... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-04 Los Angeles, CA - F Yeah Fest 09-07 Philadelphia, PA - 1st Unitarian Church 09-08 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel 09-09 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Fest 09-10 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn # 09-11 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light # 09-12 Nashville, T... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offAloe Blacc I Need a Dollar Here, Blacc manages to make the story of begging for money to buy whiskey and wine sound almost glamorous. The Marvin and Curtis-inspired trimming... more info

Guardian Music — Cargo, LondonThere is no shortage of young American groups producing lo-fi garage-pop, but only Best Coast are fronted by Bethany Cosentino. She gives the Los Angeles trio's debut album, Crazy for You, its achingly romantic slant – but it's on stag... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The close-harmonizing boys in Los Angeles indie-folk outfit Local Natives took some time during this year's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago to record this side-of-the-train-tracks performance with Yours Truly-- then, they witnessed an alleged rob... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-10 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre08-12 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands Gallery (DJ Set)08-12 New York, NY - Pier 5408-13 Boston, MA - Royale Nightclub08-14 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street08-15 Medford, NJ - Flying W Airport and Pool10-01 Atlanta... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-09 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle *^10-12 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *^10-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall !^10-17 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe !^10-19 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House !^10-20 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick !^10-21 Cleveland, OH - Beachlan... more info

Music For Ants — After the week that Best Coast has had (selling 10,000 copies of her debut and entering the Billboard charts at #36), it seems a little silly that she was playing an early afternoon slot on the B stage at Pitchfork Festival. Her success is a testamen... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Avenged Sevenfold confronted the unexpected passing last year of drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan on its "Nightmare." The darkly personal hard rock song cycle has been embraced by fans. ... more info