Brooklyn Vegan — The 2014 edition of Portland's MusicFestNW happens August 16 & 17 at the city's Waterfront Park. This year's line-up has been revealed and includes Spoon, Fucked Up, Future Islands, Haim, Phantogram, The Antlers, Girl Talk, tUnE-yArDs, EMA and more..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Austin City Limits Festival returns to Austin's Zilker Park for two weekends, October 3-5 & October 10-12. The lineup was just announced and includes Eminem, Pearl Jam, Outkast, Beck, The Replacements, Spoon, Belle & Sebastian, Interpol, Broken B... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We recently mentioned that the Hopscotch Music Festival will return to various downtown Raleigh, NC venues from September 4-6, and now the initial lineup has been announced. It's looking pretty great as usual with Spoon, Mastodon, St. Vincent, Sun... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — A$AP Rocky in Austin in 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party is returning this year from July 25-27, and the initial lineup has been announced. It includes A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, Spoon, The War on Drugs,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Outside Lands Festival returns to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park from August 8 - 10. This year's lineup was just announced and includes Kanye West, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Arctic Monkeys, Death Cab for Cutie, Disclosure, The Flaming... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Split Single in Chicago in January (more by Jeff Ryan) As previously discussed, Split Single -- the band led by Jason Narducy (of Bob Mould's band and formerly of Verbow) that also features Britt Daniel (Spoon, Divine FIts) and Jon... more info

Stereogum — We’ve been anticipating a new album from Spoon this year, and today they seem to have given us our first precious snippet of music from that project. A lo-fi video called “Hi” uploaded to Spoon’s YouTube account contains 26 seconds of sounds ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Forecastle Festival returns to Waterfront Park in Louisville, KY from July 18-20 with a lineup of Outkast, Jack White, Beck, The Replacements, Slint (their first US reunion date so far!), Spoon, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Jenny Lewis, tUnE-yArDs,.... more info

Stereogum — The Forecastle Festival returns to Louisville, Kentucky from July 18-20 and boasts a diverse lineup. Beyond the practically obligatory OutKast headliner, Jack White and Beck will spearhead the other two days of the fest. Some other acts making an app... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — NXNE returns to various Toronto venues from June 13-22, and since we last spoke the lineup has expanded. It now includes Spoon, Sleigh Bells, Spiritualized, tUnE-yArDs, A$AP Ferg, Metz, Ryan Hemsworth, Swans, Goat, Oneohtrix Point Never, Fuck Buttons... more info