Pitchfork - Forkcast — Hey, it's Deerhunter Jr.! We're serious: yesterday, Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox took to his band's blog, posting a YouTube video of a pre-teen rock band (!) called Koopa Troop (!!) tackling the Microcastle standout "Nothing Ever Happened". Yes, ... more info

Pitchfork — Simpsons mastermind Matt Groening curated last weekend's All Tomorrow's Parties festival, which took place at Butlin's Holiday Centre in Minehead, England. Joanna Newsom, Iggy and the Stooges (pictured above), Spiritualized, the xx, She & Him, Deer... more info

BBC 6 Music — Atlanta band sing the praises of Manchester's music scene as they unveil a new track more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Last month, we directed you to some decent-quality videos of Deerhunter playing new songs "Revival", "Primitive 3-D", and "Fountain Stairs" while on tour. The band must be readying a new release soon, because they stopped by BBC 6 DJ Marc Riley's sho... more info

Pitchfork — Bradford Cox and his Deerhunter buddies showed up on former Fall member Marc Riley's BBC 6 show yesterday, as Prefix points out. They played a bliss-y new track called "Helicopter" as well as a cover of the Fall's "Who Makes the Nazis?" The always en... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Over the weekend, Deerhunter/Atlas Sound frontman Bradford Cox updated his always-informative blog with the latest addition in his Micromix series of digital mix tapes. The latest is as eclectic as ever, featuring tracks from MGMT, the Residents, Ova... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-04 Manchester, England - Club Academy *05-05 Leeds, England - Cockpit *05-06 London, England - Heaven *05-07 Minehead, England - ATP Festival05-10 Brighton, England - Concorde 2 *05-14 New York, NY - Monster Island Basement $05-21 San Francisco, C... more info

Pitchfork — Above: Thom Yorke by Natalie Kardos The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival concluded with performances by Thom Yorke, Gorillaz, Pavement, Deerhunter, Spoon, Julian Casablancas, the Big Pink, Matt & Kim, Florence and the Machine, Charlotte Gains... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The free outdoor concert series kicks off Thursday, July 8, with the infectious indie folk/alt country band Phosphorescent on a co-bill with the "authentically vintage" sounding L.A.-based Dawes. The Antlers, the meteoric post-rock artists take the s... more info

Pitchfork — Last night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live", Spoon stopped by to play the simmering Transference track "Who Makes Your Money", with tourmate and Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox sitting in on guitar. Cox mostly plays the background and never hogs the spotlight... more info