Rollo & Grady — The Splinters Recently announced shows. Bootleg Wednesday, May 19th: Horse Feathers with Dawn Landes Getty Museum Saturday, April 17th: Micachu and the Shapes (Free) The Smell Friday, March 26th: Ty Segall / JEFF the Brotherhood / The Splinters / Wo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Micachu & The Shapes - Lips (MP3) Micachu & The Shapes @ Pop Montreal 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) Micachu & The Shapes are touring with Spoon and Deerhunter this April. Before that, they'll be doing... more info

Altsounds — This February, the J. Paul Getty Museum fires up the 2010 season of Saturday Nights at the Getty (formerly Friday Nights at the Getty), its popular series of free, contemporary performances. The 2010 season features Money Mark and Emily Wells, the L... more info

Guardian Music — The makers of Rock Band have launched an online store, allowing any act to upload videogame versions of their songs – providing they can afford itFrom Belle and Sebastian to Micachu and the Shapes, any artist can now upload their songs into th... more info

NME — Proceeds from show to go to the earthquake-hit country more info

Nialler9 — Yes, it’s still list season. As State kicks off its Top 50 of the year, here are my own top 30 albums of the year in four-page epic form. 30. Channel One – Sound to Light 29. Clark – Totem’s Flare 28. The Phantom Band - Checkmate ... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Guardian – Top 50 Albums of 2009 01 The xx – xx 02. Fever Ray – Fever Ray 03. Wild Beasts – Two Dancers 04. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca 05. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion 06. Florence and the Machine – Lungs ... more info

Guardian Music — The aim was to engage with contemporary black dance music. The result? Solange Knowles became a big fan!Who else made the top albums of 2009?It has been a great year for intelligent, experimental American pop: Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear and Dirt... more info

Guardian Music — From grime and skiffle to the sound of a vacuum cleaner, Mica Levi's debut album crafted catchy pop out of the most unlikely materialsShort, and occasionally sweet – the debut album by Mica Levi and her band announced the arrival of a bold new... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Last month you had the chance to win a Topman CTRL T-shirt designed by Passion Pit as a part of theTopman CTRL series. This month we’ve got a shirt designed by the busiest man in music Diplo who was chosen to curate Topman’s Monthly live show and... more info