Brooklyn Vegan — photos by dailybeatz, words by Andrew Frisicano Hopefully all goes well with the HARD NYC show at Governors Island's South Island Field this Saturday (7/24). The show, which still has tickets on sale, will be happening despite the cancellation of... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At Exclaim!, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Edgar Wright and Kevin Drew talk about the music of the Scott Pilgrim movie. The Millions examines "the Vonnegut effect" (the need to read everything by the American author). Sleigh Bells' Derek Miller talks to... more info

MTV.com News — 'We put both events together to make one large event,' Gary Richards tells MTV News of joining forces for Hard Summer.By James Montgomery M.I.A. Photo: Roger Kisby/ Getty Images Earlier this week, when the M.I.A.-headlined Hard L.A. concert... more info

Detroit Free Press — The good-natured surfer-singer remains a dependable live draw, this time arriving with tunes from his chart-topping new album "To the Sea." more info

MTV.com News — Cancellation comes in wake of recent suspected-overdose death of 15-year-old at Electric Daisy Carnival.By Gil Kaufman M.I.A. Photo: Roger Kisby/ Getty Images Citing security concerns, the promoters behind the upcoming M.I.A.-headlined Hard... more info

Guardian Music — DIY is now a way to allow a more intimate relationship with a increasingly fickle audience in the context of a shrinking record industryThe drum pattern that opens the Ronettes' Be My Baby was once the most thrilling sound in pop. Now, used in tens, ... more info

The Culture Of Me — Today ends in a perfect way, with a remix of the absolutely destroying anthem from Brooklyn’s Sleigh Bells, “A/B Machines”, by adopted Brooklynites by-way-of Milwaukee French Horn Rebellion–a remix that so transforms the fire, rage and rancor... more info

MTV.com News — LP had already leaked, but M.I.A. provides a high-quality version of her lo-fi project.By James Montgomery M.I.A. Photo: MTV News Even though the official release date of her /\/\/\Y/\ album is still a week away, on Wednesday (July 7), M.I.... more info

411 Mania — In this 200th episode of The Savage Animal, Mikey MiGo gives his first impressions on a few 2010 debut albums by The Soft Pack, Toro Y Moi. Neon Trees, and Sleigh Bells. Do any of these four provide us with anything good? Let's find out together. more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Ear-searing crunk-rock duo Sleigh Bells reps New York today, but the Sunshine State can take plenty of credit for its formation. In the early '00s, guitarist Derek Miller played ragged post-hardcore in South Florida as part of Poison the Well. Meanw... more info