Music for Robots — Discovery - Orange Shirt. Listen; I know this is everywhere today, but who honestly cares. The fact is that this song is way too fun to ignore. One of the more interesting things is how unlike Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend it is. Those are both fine... more info

Stereogum — Aloha drummer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Cale Parks has successfully stepped out on his own for a couple of full-lengths over the past few years, and this remix of Ra Ra Riot's "Dying Is Fine" comes in advance of his new EP of original tunes, To ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Graham As you may have heard by now, Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles have a group called Discovery who have an album coming out on XL Recordings on July 7th. Guests on... more info

JamBase — Dfest's Second Round Headliners Announced Including Cake, Mates of State, Ra Ra Riot, Dengue Fever & More Cake The largest music festival and conference in the Midwest today announced the second round of artists to headline this year's event.... more info

Clickmusic — Rostam Batmanglij collaborates with Ra Ra Riot's singer for Discovery. more info

Buzzgrinder — I'm really looking forward to seeing So Many Dynamos in Lexington come June. I really enjoyed them last December with Ra Ra Riot. Plus Maps and Atlases is always good, too. The string of dates isn't huge, but hopefully enough Buzzgrinderers will get ... more info

Pasta Primavera — Apparently this  super indie band team up has been in the works for a while now, but for those who don’t know Rostam Batmanglij of  Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot have joined forces to form Discovery - an electronic rock pop excu... more info

Stereogum — After we premiered each track from Death Cab's new Open Door EP, the band set out on a North American tour that found its way to UC San Diego's RIMAC Arena last night. Photographer Andrew Youssef made the drive from L.A. to La Jolla (as did a lot ... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Sonic Youth - "Sacred Trickster"; The first taste that we get from Sonic Youth's new album is a bit too brief for my liking. At only 2-minutes this pales in comparison to the old super long suites Sonic Youth were known for, but it assaults your ears... more info

Abeano — Ever wondered what would have happened if Postal Service had made a follow up to the wonderful ‘Give Up’ ? But informed less by indie and emo and more the kind of modern day r’n‘b vibes more closely associated with the likes of R.Kelly... more info