NME - The Daily Download — Baltimore may not be known for its hardcore - nearby DC takes care of that while people like Dan Deacon & The Wham City collective and more recently Beach House act as the city's musical ambassadors - but Double Dagger have been doing their bit to br... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin "Just saw Fucked Up tear it up at Emo's, with a cameo from two of the Wu Tang Killa Bees. That's gonna be hard to top" - mehan jayasuriya "FUCKED UP: Frontman Pink Eye says Emo's... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Erez Avissar and Sanchez and Kitahara; Above: Surfer Blood by Erez Avissar Now something of a SXSW tradition, we've once again teamed up with our friends at the Windish Agency to present the fifth annual Pitchfork/Windish Austin Party... more info

My Old Kentucky — They grow up so quickly. A few months back I wrote about Yuck, a multi-national act with a mere two songs in the can. Now look at them: live dates with Times New Viking and Japandroids, a bunch of new tunes and their first video. If asked to envision... more info

Pitchfork — It seems like only yesterday we were enjoying the Austin sun while taking in too much BBQ and trying to catch dozens (hundreds?) of the world's finest and/or most breathlessly hyped new bands. But that was an entire year ago. Which can only mean one ... more info

I Like Music — Critics' favourites re-release EPs plus announce a handful of live dates for May 2010 more info

The Music Fix — News Flash: from JapandroidsNot ones to rest on their laurels, Japandroids have announced they will be re-releasing their two out-of-print EPs as a reissue compilation through Polyvinyl Records on May 11th. Entitled 'No Singles', the ten tracks have ... more info

Addict Music — Japandroids have announced they will be re-releasing their two out-of-print EPs as a reissue compilation through Polyvinyl Records on May 11th. more info

411 Mania — Lots of National news, Hold Steady news, new She And Him record, a Dan Deacon remix EP, Japandroids reissues and more. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-17-20 Austin, TX - SXSW 04-01 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *04-03 Philadelphia, PA - Barbary04-05 Montclair, NJ - The Meat Locker04-06 Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory04-07 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge04-12 Montreal, Quebec - The Cove04-13 Toron... more info