Instrumental Analysis — Looks like a preview of summer is heading our way, with highs getting close to 90 in some places. The unexpected heat is not going to keep the weekend show line-up from happening. It's another full weekend, so I'm going to have to split it up into ... more info

Altsounds — New York based *Linfinity* is the brain child of Dylan Von Wagner. A concept that began coming to fruition when in 2007 he started recording songs with a few friends at The Walkmen's Marcata studio in Harlem. It wasn't too long before St. Ives (a vin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin "Several songs into the Walkmen's sold-out show at Webster Hall Thursday, Hamilton Leithauser wryly prefaced the band's first "hit" song "We've Been Had" by explaining that he'd just turned 31 the day before, Tax Day, April... more info

JamBase — PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES YEASAYER, BLITZEN TRAPPER AND MORE TO PERFORM AT 2009 FESTIVAL Yeasayer With exactly three months to go between now and the festivities, the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival - to be held in Chicago's Union Park F... more info

NME — The Irish festival also features the likes of Fleet Foxes, The Walkmen and ESG more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: Neko Case + Crooked Fingers @ Nokia Theater 7pm $30If I weren't so horribly unemployed right now I'd be buying a ticket to this show and heading to the theater. I love Neko Case, her lovely voice, her exquisite compositions, everything about ... more info

XFM.co.uk — Maximo Park, Elbow and The Walkmen are heading off to Spain in July... more info

The CatBirdSeat — I’m thrilled to finally have the green light to announce that Catbird’s own Forest Fire has signed to the great French label Talitres, European home to Destroyer, The Walkmen, The National, and many other amazing bands. Survival will be reissued... more info

My Old Kentucky — White Rabbits are actually the band that inspired us to create LaundroMatinee.com when they video recorded their session with us almost two years ago. We thought, "Wow, maybe we should do that!" Duh.Anyway, I am loving this new track from their upc... more info

A Walking Disast3r — Hockey was one of the bands I was excited to see during SXSW, we managed to catch the tail end of one of their sets and judging by the crowd reaction, we made it a mission to not miss them the rest of the week. We finally managed to make it to the C... more info