Pitchfork — Those wacky rockers Fang Island will get to open up for wacky rock godfathers the Flaming Lips this July. Fang Island's recent debut LP was named Best New Music; the Flaming Lips are one of the greatest psychedelic pop bands in the history of the wor... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-12 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Live05-13 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues05-14 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre05-15 Gulf Shores, AL - The Hangout Music Festival * 06-06 Houston, TX - Tinsley Park/Free Press Fest * 06-11 Manc... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-04 Atlantic City, NJ - Showboat Casino $07-07 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis $07-08 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheater $+07-20 Pittsburgh, PA - Amphitheater at Station Square $07-22 Lewiston, KY - Artpark $07-23 Canadaigua, NY - Constelation Br... more info

Guardian Music — DIY music videos, brainfood lectures and a certain puppet troupe were all winners in the internet's own Oscars, writes Chris SalmonLast week, the winners of the annual Webby awards were announced. The awards have been honouring "excellence on the int... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Oh how I would love to be the fattest man at a music festival, so fat that it's hard to tell whether I'm face up or face down when I recline in the grass. As you can tell, today's kind of a slow day so far (although we do have a brand new podcast th... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Clientele Merge Records is offering a free 14-song digital sampler on Amazon. The compilation features tracks from Let’s Wrestle, The Clean, Radar Brothers, Wye Oak, Shout Out Louds, She & Him, Alec Bathgate, Lambchop, The Clientele, Lou Barlow... more info

Pitchfork — After canceling three dates due to multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd's hospitalization last week, the Flaming Lips are now rescheduling three others. May dates in St. Petersburg, Lake Buena Vista, and St. Augustine, Florida are now taking place in O... more info

Pitchfork — Once again, Pitchfork has curated a stage at the San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival, which takes place at Parc Del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain May 27-29. Now, we can reveal our stage's lineups. Acts playing the Pitchfork stage include No Age,ÂÂ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... Jazzanova (7 albums) The Temptations John Legend Monty Alexander Alela Diane Charles Bukowski http://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.com ...and: V.A. - The Very Best of Jazz Funk [2CD] music499 said... Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the C... more info

NME — Texan trio will play gigs in London, Leeds and Dublin in November more info