Brooklyn Vegan — Surfer Blood @ BVSXSW (more by Tim Griffin) Surfer Blood kick off their tour with Trail of Dead at Bowery Ballroom on April 29th. That show is sold out, though tickets are still available for the one they're playing at... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Death and Taxes previews the forthcoming Guided By Voices tribute album, Sing for Your Meat. The shortlist for the Orange Prize 2011 has been announced. Congratulations to Largehearted Boy Book Notes contributor Kathleen Winter. Sabotage Times shares... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It will look much prettier when they build a stage and stuff, but those asphalt softball fields/tennis courts are where Beirut is playing on June 17th (tickets) and Guided by Voices & Wavves are playing on June 18th (tickets).... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wavves @ MSG in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) In the earlier ticket post today, I forgot to mention... Tickets are now on sale for Guided by Voices / Wavves at McCarren Park. It's unclear how many Northside badges... more info

Guardian Music — (Fatcat)Typical: you wait years for a British four-piece in thrall to early-90s US alt-rock, and then two come along at once. Hot on the heels of Yuck come Mazes, a London band who manage to sound like Pavement or Guided By Voices even in their song ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — GBV @ Irving Plaza on New Year's Eve (more by Chris Gersbeck) Guided By Voices will headline the McCarren Park Stage on Saturday, June 18. Wavves is going to open the Northside Festival show which is going on sale Friday,... more info

Altsounds — As previously announced, the *2011 Pitchfork Music Festival *will be taking place on *Friday, July 15th through Sunday, July 17th at Chicago's Union Park! *Tickets went on sale on March 4th,and, as predicted, three-day passes sold out in a record tim... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Guided by Voices @ Irving Plaza, New Year's Eve (more by Chris Gersbeck) "As previously announced, the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival will be taking place on Friday, July 15th through Sunday, July 17th at Chicago's Union Park! Tickets went on... more info

Impose Magazine — After erupting onto the indie blogosphere with their self-released debut Why There Are Mountains, Cymbals Eat Guitars toured for nearly two years riding the molten wave around the world. Coming back to build pressure for their second album, they've ... more info

Guardian Music — Heartbreaking revelation, mesmerising vacuity, and even a song containing the word 'orthodontist' – it's a lyrical jungle out therePsst! Want to know how harmful gossip can be? Get a load of this week's playlist. Whether it's innocent couples being... more info