Brooklyn Vegan — Godspeed You! Black Emperor in Brooklyn in 2011 (more by Greg Cristman) Coachella and Pitchfork Fest aren't the only festivals Godspeed You! Black Emperor are playing this year. They'll be at one much closer to NYC, as they are the... more info

KEXP Seattle — The initial lineup of the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival has just been announced! On Friday, July 13 through Sunday, July 15, a whole host of indie bands take to the field of Chicago’s Union Park. Among those announced are KEXP favorites Vampire Wee... more info

Chicago Tribune — Vampire Weekend, Feist, Hot Chip and Godspeed You! Black Emperor will be among the performers July 13-15 when the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival returns for its seventh year at Union Park. more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — By Robert Ham Doc - Mitsuo Yanagimachi: Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1976) Watch more on Network Awesome In his book Retromania, peerless cultural critic Simon Reynolds spends an entire chapter talking about a particularly "Japanese sensibility": "th... more info

Guardian Music — Other acts confirmed for California desert event include Pulp, Florence + the Machine and Noel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsRadiohead, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg are to headline this year's Coachella festival in California. The event takes place in the de... more info

Guardian Music — Brighton AudioOn record, Other Lives have a spectacularly luscious and vivid sound: almost every rave review of their second album, Tamer Animals, reached for the adjective "cinematic" to describe the richness of its arrangements. It's remarkable stu... more info

Guardian Music — Inspired by the landscape of their native Oklahoma, Other Lives combine their rustic rock with classical minimalism. Martin Aston meets a band without limitsStrolling along Kingsland Road in east London, Jesse Tabish shows no interest in the vintage... more info

Guardian Music — A husband and wife team combining haunted melodies with oceanic arrangements and just a touch of gothHometown: New York.The lineup: Aleksa Palladino (vocals), Devon Church (guitar, keyboards), Dru Prentiss (drums), Nicholas Shelestak (electronics).Th... more info

Guardian Music — This week's show is devoted to an extended interview with Steve Reich – the rebel who changed classical music forever.This is the first time that the show has featured a contemporary classical composer, but Reich's influence on a number of Music We... more info

Guardian Music — Alexandra Palace, LondonI'll Be Your Mirror is the new sister festival of All Tomorrow's Parties, neatly taking its moniker from the B-side of the Velvet Underground single after which the parent festival was named. Spread over two days, this inaugur... more info