Pop Crunch — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba are partners on a new ad campaign reminding pet owners to have their four-legged friends spayed or neutered. In the new ad, the former “Flyy Girl... more info

Chorus.fm — *Alexander* - White Flags and Silver Spoons Have to Sleep in Separate Rooms (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=593122) (Scott Irvine) *This Town Needs Guns* - Animals (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=591102) (Blake Solomon) *C... more info

Detroit Free Press — Born Ruffians: With Thunderbirds Are Now!, Plants & Animals and Rahim, 8 p.m. The Eagle Theater, 15 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. 248-758-9770. $10. Julie Fowlis: 8 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. 734-761-1451. $15, $22. more info

Idolator — Alan McGee is certainly known for his ridiculous proclamations—it's sort of his business—and his Guardian blog post today is no particular exception, considering he sort of compares the new Oasis album to the Beatles' Revolver. Still, that's the... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Shannon McClean Better luck next year, Black Mountain, Stars, Holy Fuck, Plants and Animals, the Weakerthans, Basia Bulat, Kathleen Edwards, Two Hours Traffic, and Shad: Caribou's Andorra has won this year's Polaris Music Prize, aka Canada's... more info

PopSugar — Last week, Ellen DeGeneres used her blog to speak out against CA Proposition 8, but last night she switched gears to host a party with Portia de Rossi in support of Prop 2. Tobey Maguire, Jared Leto and Amy Smart were just a few of the celebs that ca... more info

Hearing ?Carnival of the Animals,? you were reminded that the piece has flourished because it can be appreciated on numerous levels. more info

New York Times — Hearing “Carnival of the Animals,” you were reminded that the piece has flourished because it can be appreciated on numerous levels. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — A couple weeks back we lamented how there wasn't more blogable swag from SoCal's arid rock duo Golden Animals. It must be my lucky day, because the awesome folks at Happy Parts Recordings sent us an email about the brand new video for Golden Animals... more info

Altsounds — By condensing a palate of swirling and innovative guitar voyages and a sweat-soaked baroque punk ethos that loses itself in carpet-crawling majesty, Gringo Star has emerged as Atlanta’s favourite rock and roll sons. Brothers Nick and Pete Fu... more info