Pitchfork — Five years ago, Baltimore's art-damaged Wham City collective started running their Whartscape festival at the same time as Artscape, a gigantic free arts festival that takes over Baltimore every summer. This year, though, the Wham City folks have ... more info

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I Guess I'm Floating — We've been following Baltimore's thrash rockers Weekends ever since we first got wind of their single "Raingirls", and now we're delighted to report they've got LP #2 coming soon. It's called Strange Cultures which makes me think of petri dishes sca... more info

MTV.com News — Lambert sports some space-age gear in the clip.By Gil Kaufman Adam Lambert on the set of his "If I Had You" video Photo: Eric Ford/On Location News Adam Lambert looked like he was channeling the ghost of Ziggy Stardust on the set of the vid... more info

Stereogum — Then years ago Sebastian Blanck co-founded the aggressively experimental noise outfit Black Dice, along with brothers Eric and Bjorn Copeland and Hisham Bharoocha. Blanck and Bharoocha moved on: Hisham once a member of Lightning Bolt, later launching... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-08 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex * ^%06-09 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *^06-11 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios *^06-12 Seattle, WA - Vera Project *^06-15 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *^06-16 Kalamazoo, MI - The Strutt *^06-17 Toronto, Ontario... more info

Chorus.fm — *Lightning Bolt (http://www.myspace.com/lightningboltbrians)* have announced new summer tour dates, all of which are in the replies. more info

Pitchfork — If you've never seen Providence noise-rock terrorists Lightning Bolt live, we've got some tips on how you can simulate the experience. First, find a construction site. Position yourself somewhere close to a jackhammer. Then, start a massive shove-fig... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-24 Worcester, MA - Clark University (Noise Day) 06-30 Washington, DC - DC9 07-01 Charlotte, NC - The Milestone 07-02 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 07-03 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light 07-04 Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum 07-05 Orlando, FL - Will's Pub 07-... more info

Guardian Music — Fancy some hey-nonny-no stadium rock? This lot sound like a jam session between Fairport Convention and Faith No MoreHometown: Providence, Rhode Island.The lineup: Jason Bartell (guitar, vocals), Chris Georges (guitar, vocals), Nicholas Andrew Sadler... more info