Pitchfork — Fire up your wallets: tomorrow, April 17, is Record Store Day, the holiday that helps keep the independent vinyl emporiums of the world in business. As in years past, scores of bands and labels are helping out, sending exclusive material to indie sto... more info

KEXP Seattle — The Mountain Goats, The Life of the World to Come playing April 17 only at Northwest Film Forum This is an hour of pure Mountain Goats. So pure in fact it is John Darnielle filmed playing without a audience, in an auditorium just a few months ago (Ly... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Amd said... ANSWER RECORDS VOL. 4: Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go (1960) Jeanne Black – Hell Have To Stay (1960) Hank Locklin – Please Help Me, I’m Falling (1960) Skeeter Davis – (I Can’t Help) Iâ€�... more info

Pitchfork — -- Hot Chip's Joe Goddard has a new sideline going as half of the house duo the 2 Bears. Raf Rundell, the other half, DJs as Greco-Roman Soundsystem. The two have a weekly radio show on Ministry of Sound Radio. And on April 12, Southern Fried will re... more info

Radio Exile — Hidden Shoal Recordings recently announced the release of the single “The Green” from Boxharp [MySpace], an experimental/ambient-pop duo. Boxharp, Scott Solter (producer/engineer for the likes of Spoon, The Mountain Goats and St Vincent) and Wend... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jason Kreps At SXSW this year, Matador ran a bus from the airport to downtown Austin dubbed the "Together Shuttle". The bus had comfortable seats and free drinks, and it was blasting Together, the new New Pornographers album (out May 4), at ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Chrissy PiperLast year, Rian Johnson, director of the movies Brick and The Brothers Bloom and the video for the Mountain Goats' "Woke Up New", filmed Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle as he sat in a room and played every song from the M... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo03-15 Los Angeles, CA - Silverlake Lounge03-17-20 Austin, TX - SXSW03-23 Williamsburg, NY - Bruar Falls *^03-24 New York, NY - Sycamore - Acoustic show03-25 Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House03-26 New York, NY - Pianos &03-... more info

KEXP Seattle — The 2010 Sasquatch! Music Festival lineup has been announced and features a million bands you probably want to see, including KEXP artists Pavement, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, The National, Passion Pit, Nada Surf, The New Pornographers, The Hol... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Not only did the Sasquatch Festival folks avoid annoying the world by not unveiling acts in their lineup every six minutes, their bill even beats a somewhat lackluster Bonnaroo. Perhaps 'Roo set their bar too high with past festival lineups or swung... more info