Stereogum — “Acid Reign” is the first single from Violens’s upcoming debut album Amoral. I had to check on the debut part, since we’ve been talking about Violens for a while — they opened for Deerhoof at the Gummy Awards in 2008, around the time they r... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-25 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room $#06-26 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue @$06-27 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium $~06-28 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Jazzfest at Pyramid Cabaret %06-30 Calgary, Alberta - Central United Church &07-01 Calgary, Alberta - Republik +07-... more info

Pitchfork — Deerhoof photo by Eric Landmark Double bills don't get much artier than this: Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu. The two weird-pop giants, who previously linked up to cover Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures at an Austrian festival earlier this year, will hit t... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-26 Mexico City, Mexico - Pasaguero %09-30 Ottawa, Ontario  - Capital Music Hall ^10-03 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace ^10-05 Bloomington, IN - Rhino's ^10-06 Cincinnati, OH - The Northside Tavern ^10-07 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop ^1... more info

NME — The soundtrack to Lisa Cholodenko's upcoming Sundance hit The Kids Are All Right has been announced on Facebook. more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: RoskildeWHEN: July 1-4WHERE: Roskilde, DenmarkWHO: Prince, Pavement, Gorillaz, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, the National, Robyn, Patti Smith, Dirty Projectors, Titus Andronicus, Beach House, Drake, Them Crooked Vultures, Van Dyke Parks... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Deerhoof quietly updated their myspace blog recently with info regarding the status of their new album. Just six days ago John Dieterich posted the following on the blog: We’ve started!  Finally!  It’s been a couple weeks since we’ve gotten ... more info

Pitchfork — This December, long-silent Canadian instrumental churn-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor will return, curating and headlining ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas festival, which comes to Minehead, England December 3-5. Today, the ATP folks annou... more info

NME — December festival also features Deerhoof, Mike Watt and Scout Niblett more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret *#05-28 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *#05-29 George, WA - Sasquatch Festival05-30 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *#06-02 Oakland, CA - New Parish of Oakland *#06-03 Pomona, CA - Glass House *# 06-26 Minne... more info