Guardian Music — I'm surprised by the lack of hoopla for a Faces reunion. It will mean a return to the halcyon days when Rod Stewart had critical and commercial successBeing a Rod Stewart fan these days is tough. If you mention his name in company then the odds are y... more info

Instrumental Analysis — Caught your breath yet from Friday night? Saturday and Sunday are no let down. Let's get to it.Two one-day festivals Saturday dominate the scene. The Metro Gallery in Baltimore is the place to be for Rufustival. Local acts galore fill this line-up al... more info

Chorus.fm — AP.net have teamed up with Nederlander Entertainment to give away (http://www.absolutepunk.net/competitions.php?do=participate&cid=2052) a couple of 3-day passes to the Forecastle Festival (http://www.forecastlefest.com/) with Widespread Panic, The B... more info

Live Daily — Date: July 10-12, 2009, $40-$200 What started out as a grassroots summer festival in a small Louisville park eight years ago has grown into a full-fledged music festival along the city's scenic Riverfront. Fans mingle among artists and environmentali... more info

JamBase — MILE HIGH MUSIC FESTIVAL UNVEILS ANOTHER ROUND OF ARTISTS TO PERFORM: THIEVERY CORPORATION, BIG HEAD TODD & THE MONSTERS, DEVOTCHKA, PEPPER JACK'S MANNEQUIN, MATT NATHANSON, AND LUKAS NELSON & THE PROMISE OF THE REAL Thievery Corporation Col... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Tim Fennell Little Foot Long Foot is a duo from Toronto, Ontario, proving that you need only two players to create garage rock. And it helps if one them can come up with the music and lyrics. Singer Joan Smith takes care of that, and she play... more info

My Old Kentucky — I like when an artist sneaks up on me, and Ty Segall did just that. Maybe better known, in some circles, as the drummer for The Traditional Fools, the Bay Area-based Segall has struck out on his own for a little "me-time" this year. This past Januar... more info

JamBase — FORECASTLE ANNOUNCES COMPLETE FESTIVAL LINEUP Cage the Elephant, Jason Isbell, Man Man, Designer Drugs added; over Fifty Bands, DJs Announced Widespread Panic The Forecastle Festival and Nederlander Entertainment have announced the complete fe... more info

JamBase — Dex Romweber Duo record 7" with Jack White, tour with Detroit Cobras Dex Romweber Duo Last week, the Dex Romweber Duo met up with Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather - maybe you've heard of him?) to lay down some tra... more info

The Culture Of Me — The guys in Cleveland-based indie rock group Other Girls have a few things going for them. For one, they play the sort of lazy Sunday, jerked out anthems that we can seriously get behind in a minute, they're prepping a full length record set to b... more info