Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: The Strange Boys - Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Mika Miko - Capricorinations (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fiasco/Banzai split EP (ZIP) The Coathangers @ Pianos (more by Faith-Ann Young) Mika Miko, the Strange Boys, the.... more info

Stereogum — If the Pitchfork Festival is too far for you Northwesterners to trek for the return of the Jesus Lizard, mark off July 24-25 and get to Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party. In addition to Yow, the fest promises Sonic Youth, Deerhunter, Micachu, Earth,... more info

JamBase — The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party Seattle's Premiere Celebration of Independent Music - July 24 & July 25 Sonic Youth The 2009 Capitol Hill Block Party takes over Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood July 24-25. The Block Party is an annual... more info

NME - Radar — Last week I went to LA to interview the ace Mika Miko, it was wild. For the full story check out the feature in this week’s Radar but as usual, but guess what? We only went all multimedia on your asses (note use of American terminology). I documen... more info

Perez Hilton — Those lips! The hat! The glasses! The whole outfit!!!! Only she would/could wear something like that. On Monday, Miz Lady GaGa was spotted arriving at the London home of fellow singer Mika. In true GaGa form, her whole look was…jaw-dropping. Again... more info

News of The World — Poker face singer Lady Gaga joins Mika on a dinner date at Hakkasan restaurant in London more info

Dlisted — Really? What is this? Why did this happen? Who put this here? What asshole does this?! Why?! Why hasn't someone sprayed this tranny cockroach with RAID yet? I don't understand. I know my simple mind just can't comprehend this level of ... more info

Perez Hilton — Mika's special concert in Los Angeles last night was AMAZING! The multi-platinum Grace Kelly singer played his hits and debuted four new songs!!! Check out those tunes below. They are sooooooooooo good! Love. Love. Love. more info

Perez Hilton — Click here to check out some great pics of Mika and Perez yesterday, giving out free ice cream and ticket's to attend his very special free concert in Los Angeles tonight! more info

Perez Hilton — The ice cream cometh! On Sunday, we exclusively revealed that we've been planning a very special concert with our friend Mika to celebrate of the completion of recording for his new album, the follow-up to his debut, Life In Cartoon Motion, the fifth... more info