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

Pitchfork — MP3: Blue Giant: "Gone for Good [ft. Corin Tucker]" Kevin and Anita Robinson are the two members of Portland duo Viva Voce, and now the two of them have a new folk band, Blue Giant. The group also features Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk a... more info

Pitchfork — "M.I.A., the Glenn Beck of the left." -- Decemberists singer Colin Meloy really wants M.I.A. to make a diss track about him, apparently. (via @colinmeloy) more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-03 Sofia, Bulgaria - National Palace of Culture06-04 Skopje, Macedonia - Metropolis Arena06-07 Zagreb, Croatia - Salata06-09 Bratislava, Slovak Republic - Incheba Expo Arena06-11 Prague, Czech Republic - O2 Arena06-12 Linz, Austria - Tips Aren... more info

NME — Mary J. Blige, The Decemberists and Rise Against also set to appear more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-04 Seattle, WA - Memorial Stadium *09-11 Portland, OR - Musicfest Northwest* with Bob Dylan, Neko Case more info

Stereogum — Outside Lands’s line-up announcement yesterday didn’t inspire discussion, but maybe Bumbershoot, the other late-in-the-season (Pacific North)West Coast festival, will? The September festival announced the full line up today. Headliners are Bob Dy... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-04 Seattle, WA - Memorial Stadium ** with Bob Dylan, the Decemberists more info

Perfect Porridge — I’m a bit behind listening to a bunch of music I downloaded last month. One of them is the debut album by a new group called Black Prairie called Feast of the Hunters’ Moon. It’s formed of three members of the Decemberists and two other Portla... more info