USA Today Music — The Shins, Kendrick Lamar, The Roots and Ellie Goulding will also perform for 2013. more info

Consequence of Sound — Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, The Shins, The Flaming Lips, and The Black Crowes. more info

Mercury News, California — More than 40 acts booked for festival at Napa Valley Expo slated for May 9-12; first tickets go on sale Feb. 3. more info

Consequence of Sound — Napa Valley festival also promises Cake, The Flaming Lips, and Ben Harper more info

NME - Radar — Foxygen singer Sam France sits in a New York dressing room scoffing Fizzy Worms. He’s rattling off the band’s extensive back catalogue. “‘Electric Sun Machine’, ‘Cat Food Dog Food Motor Oil’, ‘The Jurassic Explosion Philippic’ – t... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video of the DayArtist: Ivan & Alyosha Video: "Running For Cover" Highlight: "It was so much fun to get back into Avast!" lead vocalist & acoustic guitarist Tim Wilson tells Spinner. "One of our favorite places anywhere to record, great ... more info

DrownedInSound — With Christmas just around the corner, some of DiS' favourite artists - including The Shins, Andrew Bird, Calexico, Rufus Wainwright, and Sharon Van Etten - have got involved in a brand spanking new compilation of seasonal songs called 'Christmas Rul... more info

Guardian Music — Meet the California kids getting misty-eyed about a pop era that was itself drenched in nostalgiaReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: Santa Monica. The lineup: Zach Yudin (voice, music). The background: Cayucas sound like the Beach Boys if they we... more info

Chorus.fm — To get this low, I had to dig a great big hole.Been figuring out my year-end list, and have remembered loving some great records by *Islands (http://islandsareforever.com)*, *Dowsing (http://dowsing.bandcamp.com)* and *The Shins (http://theshins.com)... more info

Consequence of Sound — "Living a Lie" and "Labrador" more info