Brooklyn Vegan — Heartless Bastards at Bowery Ballroom in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) We just mentioned that Oax, who opened for Peter Bjorn & John in Austin, release an EP today (6/7) and open for The Rosebuds in Texas later this... more info

WHOA Mag Online — Words | Lee Lawver Who knew divorce could make such soothing music? Previously married, band members Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp recorded their fifth album no lounger bound to each other. The result, if nothing else, proves a ray of light can be foun... more info

Altsounds — Other Lives previously announced dates with The National and The Decemberists as well as a tour with S. Carey (Bon Iver) in support of their forthcoming album Tamer Animals out May 17th on tbd records. New dates are now announced with The Rosebud... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bon Iver has announced a full summer tour and another NYC show. They'll kick things off with two home-state shows at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater on July 22 and July 23, and end things at the sold out August 10th... more info

Altsounds — Ten of the twenty-plus contributors on the Relayted album will be there, including Justin Vernon and Mike Noyce of Bon Iver, ringleader Ryan Olson, Zak Coulter and Adam Hurlburt of Solid Gold. Jake Luck of Leisure Birds, Ivan Rosebud of The Rosebu... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Best Coast, the L.A.-based project of Bethany Consentino, has been the toast of the lo-fi pop world recently.  And rightfully so, as these fuzzy pop songs have struck a chord with me, due in part to the first track I heard last summer called “Sun ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hopscotch Music Fest will be happening at ten venues in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, September 9th-11th. The three-day fest's two headlining shows are Panda Bear & Broken Social Scene with The Rosebuds on September 10th, and Public Enemy with... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Bear Hands: several tracks [mp3] other Bear Hands posts at Largehearted Boy Chicago Underground Duo: "Spy on the Floor" [mp3] from Boca Negra (out January 26th) other Chicago Underground Duo posts at Largehearted... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Last year, Finnish duo Burning Hearts released one of, if not the most, overlooked album of 2009 with their debut, Aboa Sleeping.  Consisting of nine finely crafted pop songs, the gorgeous instrumentation of this record coupled with the vocal warm... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Fanfarlo recently announced on their website of an upcoming US tour starting on November 9th in Chicago, and for all of you locals — a November 14th date here in Salt Lake City.  This is excellent news, as I have been wanting to see these guys f... more info