Pitchfork — Surfer Blood photo by Will Deitz On Friday, June 11, Surfer Blood and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart played Orlando's Club at Firestone. As Surfer Blood's Twitter points out, members of both bands combined forces for a cover of Lit's 1999 buzz bin ... more info

Pitchfork — Earlier this week, we reported that two big music festivals, Bumbershoot and the Capitol Hill Block Party, are coming to Seattle in the next few months. Portland, a few hours' drive south, also has two big festivals coming up. It makes sense; thi... more info

Pitchfork — The people of Seattle have endured constant buckets of rain and the indefensible departure of the Supersonics, so they've earned themselves some good times in the form of music festivals. Two Seattle summer fests have announced their lineups. Bumbe... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — West Palm's indie-rock lovelies Surfer Blood, who need little introduction in these pages, are back from their European vacation. They've packed two fabulous bands in their suitcases that should make showing up early to the Poplife Anniversary party ... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: NXNEWHEN: June 14-20WHERE: Toronto, OntarioWHO: Iggy and the Stooges, De Le Soul, Mudhoney, Les Savy Fav, Japandroids, HEALTH, Surfer Blood, Cold Cave, Wavves, the Raveonettes, Man or Astro-Man?, Zola Jesus, Best Coast, X, Warpaint, Avi Buf... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Earlier this month, we gave you the heads up on Surfer Blood's pigfuck side project Weird Wives. The band just posted their third EP on their blog, and the two-song "release" boasts improved fidelity and Pixies-ish hooks not too dissimilar to the dud... 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. Acts playing the Pitchfork stage include Sleigh Bells, Titus Andronicus, Diplo, No Age, Surfer ... more info

DrownedInSound — The Camden Crawl may have finished a little while ago but arriving very, very recently are some video clips of a few of our favourites - and hopefully yours - playing 'sessions' during the festival (sponsored by Gaymers Cider). These include Veronica... more info

Altsounds — NXNE announces 14 incredible concerts in Toronto this summer. The festival kicks off on June 14 and runs until June 20, 2010. Tickets are now available online at NXNE 2010 | June 14 – 20 | TORONTO CANADA (http://www.nxne.com). Presented by Virg... more info

Stereogum — Who would’ve suspected the guys behind Surfer Blood liked to rock out with their Jesus Lizard out? It’s true: Guitarist Thomas Fekete, bassist Brian Black, touring percussionist Marcos Marchesani, non-Surfer Blood vocalist Nick Klein, and one All... more info