Stereogum — Buffalo Springfield reunited at Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit this weekend. The weekend featured a lot of big names, including Elvis Costello, Elton John, Jackson Brown, Pearl Jam and Billy Idol (along with Grizzly Bear, Modest Mouse, Leon R... more info

The Late Greats — Rebekah Higgs has a new EP coming out next month – Little Voice. Produced Brian Deck (Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse, Califone), if you are new to Higgs this is a nice place to start. If you aren’t, you’ll continue … Continue reading → more info

Altsounds — A while back, director Christopher Mills (Interpol, Modest Mouse, The Secret Machines) came to Metric with his ideas for using "Collect Call" from Metric's album Fantasies. Mill's meticulously animated piece tells the haunting tale of a young wo... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I came home for the day just to see Klaxons show @ Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ tonight. I don’t got too much time to post, but I wanted to share this amazing cover that the hardworking Blackbird Blackbird did of Modest Mouse’s “Float On”. He t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Gersbeck, words by Rachel Kowal "Modest Mouse without a cloud in the sky!" -rojacaliente "If this were Make A Wish and you were going to die in 20 min, just long enough to play Freebird, we wouldnt... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Not counting the various appearances with others as a guest on the occasional track, the best guitarist of my era has, since his original band split up years ago, recorded full albums with Electronic, The The, Modest Mouse, The Cribs and with a back... more info

Allmusic Blog — The surviving members of Buffalo Springfield — Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Richie Furay — will reform after 42 years to play two charity concerts in California. The performances will be part of October’s Bridge School Benefit, which raises ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Modest Mouse @ Williamsburg Waterfront last time (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Black Sheep @ Europa * Regal Degal @ Glasslands * Marc Maron @ Union Hall * Charlatans UK @ Best Buy * Eminem & Jay-Z... more info

Guardian Music — Larmer Tree Gardens, DorsetFew festivals have surroundings as appealing as End of the Road, a lovingly put together event on the hilly border between Wiltshire and Dorset where you can play table tennis in a clearing, gather round a piano in the wood... more info

Stereogum — This past weekend Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, hosted the fifth annual End Of The Road Festival. This year’s lineup continued the festival’s peripheral deviation from its folk, Americana, and alt-country roots, featuring Yo La ... more info