Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Neil Young show at Jones Beach Theatre go on venue presale today at 10AM. Tickets for the Social Distortion show at Stone Pony Summerstage go on LiveNation and Ticketmaster presales today at 10AM. Tickets for the Violent Femmes... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Violent Femmes will be on a big tour this summer with Barenaked Ladies that hits NYC at JBL Live at Pier 97 on July 1 (tickets). If you'd like to see the Femmes somewhere slightly more cozy,... more info

Perez Hilton — Wow! We never thought we'd hear any new Violent Femmes! A staple of 80s radio with their songs Gone Daddy Gone and Blister In The Sun, the Femmes haven't released any original music since 2000's Freak Magnet! [ Related: 80s Classic The Breakfast Club... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Alt rock veterans Violent Femmes have stayed active on the live circuit pretty much since the '80s, but haven't released new music since their 2008 cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" or a new record of original material since 2000's... more info

Stereogum — It’s been 15 years since the Violent Femmes released their last record, Freak Magnet in 2000, but today it was announced that the band will release a brand new four-song EP titled Happy New Year for Record Store Day. “Love Love Love Love Love” ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Graham and Rae Graham The National / M.I.A. / Deafheaven / crowd For a moment there, it looked like The National's headlining set at Sasquatch - one of the band's biggest shows to date - was going... more info

KEXP Seattle — Saturday has turned out to be a spectacularly sunny day at the Gorge - not a rain cloud all day long! The line up Saturday of Sasquatch was absolutely stacked (as are the other 2 days, of course). But Saturday was chalk full of bands that lots of dif... more info

Stereogum — One item you might want to look for this coming Record Store Day: Non Violent Femmes, a new compilation that features a bunch of female-fronted bands — Speedy Ortiz, Eternal Summers, Joanna Gruesome — from the indie-rock underground. One of the c... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — Wow, first week of August! Even though I threw together this playlist relatively quickly the previous night, I think this show turned out really well. It consists of three main blocks: a female vocalist blo... more info