Idolator — Tool, the Beastie Boys, and Coldplay will headline this year's installment of the All Points West Festival—Goldenvoice's attempt to bring the open-air vibe of Coachella to the East Coast, only with more public-transit-related headaches and people w... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alligators: "Where Does It Hide?" [mp3] from Piggy & Cups other Alligators posts at Largehearted Boy Fleet Foxes: "Mykonos" [mp3] from Sun Giant EP (out April 8th) other Fleet Foxes posts at Largehearted Boy... more info

MTV.com News — Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ting Tings, Vampire Weekend also on bill at New Jersey festival.By Gil Kaufman Coldplay's Chris Martin Photo: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images The All Points West Music & Arts Festival will return for a second year with a lineu... more info

Pasta Primavera — Local Natives are a band that I’ve really begun to get excited about.  We posted their quality track “Airplanes” back in February and now we bring you “World News”.  Both are off the upcoming Gorilla Manor album, and both have that Fl... more info

JamBase — Words by: Lindsay Colip The Lonely H :: 03.07.09 :: Kimo's :: San Francisco, CA The Lonely H by Steven Walter Nobody told The Lonely H that it's not 1973... and thank god. Longhaired, blue-jeaned, Budweiser belt buckled and jewelry adorned... more info

NME - Radar — Yesterday me and ex-Radar Ed Alex Miller had some Mexican brunch then took a cab out of town to one of a big chain of big camp, kitsch Espanic eateries called Baby Acapulco. It felt like where Rip Taylor would go for his Burritos. It has a massive wa... more info

The breakthrough folk group are coming this summer to play Glastonbury, Hyde Park Calling, Bestival and End Of The Road festivals. They will now additionally play headline shows in Wolverhampton, Leeds, Glasgow, Newcastle and Manchester. more info

Idolator — The headline of Manhola Dargis' review of I Love You, Man in the New York Times today got me thinking (especially after Mike and I had to apologize for all the girliness up in here on Wednesday!): Just what is the ultimate dude band? You know, the ... more info

NME — Fleet Foxes have added five regional dates to their visit to the UK this summer. more info

Idolator — A number of things — being in NYC during SXSW week, the request from a friend that I write about some "college bands" during my short tenure here, my complete disenchantment with bands that the kids love (like the previously mentioned Vampire Week... more info