NME — Ezra Koenig shares vocals on new comers album more info

JamBase — Lollapalooza Has Announced Set Times Stage Conflicts Included The Chicago festival has announced the set times of their festival (STS9 gets a 4-5 p.m. slot...wtf?) prompting attendees to ponder which bands they'll be able to catch and who they'll... more info

Abeano — Recorded in London last year, below is the stand out track from Radioclit & Esau Mwamwya AKA The Very Best’s debut LP. Released August 31st in the UK (via the excellent Moshi Moshi) it’s called ‘Warm Heart Of Africa’ (like the LP itsel... more info

Guardian Music — When Jack Penate called his latest album Everything Is New, he wasn't kidding. Alexis Petridis applauds a musical volte-faceIt says something about the musical climate that consternation can be caused by an artist making an album markedly different t... more info

VH1 News — "Twilight" star Cam Gigandet, "Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester, Steve-O, Nikki Minaj and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig recalled their high-school graduations. more info

JamBase — TIME TO DANCE AWAY YOUR HEARTACHE, DANCE AWAY YOUR PAINWITH A TRUE MODERN ROCK PIONEER While the '80s continue to reemerge in today's crop of young bands, we thought we'd lean back to a major influence on these influencers, Roxy Music. Arty, sensua... more info

Guardian Music — This week, it's all about Francophilia as we head across the channel and embrace the language of our Gallic cousinsSo, what have I learned this week? I have learned the sad story of Tijuana, a town that became a city for all the wrong reasons. I have... more info

Music Mule — What? Chess Club presents Local Natives, one of the hits of SXSW this year, featured in Just For Kicks recently, I can’t get enough of their sunny harmonies and off kilter pop melodies. Live they feature tribal drumming and apparently those voices ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — For the acquainted: here is a 4-track sampler of the forthcoming Discovery record released on July 6th. It includes two new songs as well as the previously heard 'Osaka Loop Line' and 'Orange Shirt'.For the unacquainted: Take one member of Vampire W... more info

Get Weird — Tristan aka Hunk The Drunk from one of our favourite blogs Winnie Cooper sent over this nice edit of a track from New York indie hipsters Vampire Weekend. Look out for the Winnie Coopers doing shows around the Vancouver area which has just been named... more info