MVSW — Ani DiFranco @ Orpheum Theatre Ed Harcourt, The Langley Sisters, Nicole Simone @ Bordello Vienna Teng, Katie Herzig, Sally Jaye, Jesse Harris @ Hotel Cafe Castledoor, Fool’s Gold @ Spaceland Bassnector, J-Boogie, Nosaj Thing @ Music Box Mia... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: The Strange Boys - Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up (MP3) Strange Boys... The Saturday, June 13th show at the Market Hotel seemed to be running pretty closely on schedule. Unfortunately, that meant I missed the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Zach Stern Mika Miko IM // UR: Is the reason why you chose to go for a punk sound because you're not formally trained in playing your instruments? Jenna from Mika Miko: We have been formally trained in... more info

Allmusic Blog — Who’s ready for some mindless pop on a Friday afternoon. I am! I am! We’ve got videos from the wonderfully fun (and Swedish) Le Kid, the angular and fiesty Mika Miko, and to celebrate the upcoming release of their comeback album, some vintage Ban... more info

Pasta Primavera — The Death Set are back in town tonight at Sonar, WATCH OUT!.  They’ve brought friends as well including Mika Miko, The Strange Boys, Coathangers, Dope Body, and Death Domain.  Band Of Horses are also here and set to play Rams Head Live with A... more info

Stereogum — Mike Miko are a fun live band, so they wisely made a fun live video for We Be Xuxa's "I Got A Lot (New New New)." Speaking of which: Much of the current DIY or lo-fi or "shitgaze" (or whatever) crop is peddling something downcast ("thoughtful") a ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — It’s hard to write “Stag & Dagger festival takes place tomorrow in Shoreditch in association with Vice” without setting off alarm bells in the skulls of the oh-so-counter-counter-culture, and in fact I can already picture some kid who’s neve... more info

NME - Radar — The last time I'd visited the Pavillion Theatre was to watch industrial metallers Pitchshifter in 1998. I was poorly, and had to leave before the end to sit on the loo and shiver for about 11 hours. So comparitively tonight's events really had a head... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz 2.) Conor Oberst - Outer South 3.) St. Vincent - Actor 4.) Katie Melua - Pictures 5.) Bob Dylan - Together Through Life 6.) Peaches - I Feel Cream (Buy) 7.) Silversun Pickups - Swoon 8.) M... more info

MVSW — Warpaint, EXITMUSIC, VOICEsVOICEs, Alexandra Hope @ The Smell Club NME: Danielson, Soul Junk, Marvelous Toy @ Spaceland Seal @ Nokia Theatre Devil Makes Three @ Fingerprints Mika Miko @ Amoeba Music Paris, Dead Prez, Pete Rock, Planet Asia, Kam, T-K.... more info