Pitchfork — The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have just announced the schedule for the three-day marathon, which comes to Chicago's Grant Park August 6-8. And as with any gigantic eight-stage festival, you might need a little help navigating the mons... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-04 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar06-05 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio06-06 Chicago, IL - Do Division Festival06-07 Iowa City, IA - Blue Moose06-08 Kansas City, MO - Crossroads #06-09 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant #06-11 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music... more info

Altsounds — *LA rock quartet kicks off the second season of Noisevox's interview and performance series with a conversation with John Norris and an exclusive four-song set at Brooklyn's Knitting Factory* June 2, 2010 - A year ago, Warpaint were a trio in se... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Preview the fifth EP here; download link at the end The final part of our week-long forage around LA’s music scenes (following the subversives, the Smell bands, the psych rockers and the world folkers) sees us shine a light on the boundless imagin... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: NXNEWHEN: June 14-20WHERE: Toronto, OntarioWHO: Iggy and the Stooges, De Le Soul, Mudhoney, Les Savy Fav, Japandroids, HEALTH, Surfer Blood, Cold Cave, Wavves, the Raveonettes, Man or Astro-Man?, Zola Jesus, Best Coast, X, Warpaint, Avi Buf... more info

Pitchfork — This year's Bonnaroo is only a few weeks away-- June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee, to be exact. Like usual, there are many bands playing but only so much time to see them: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, the xx, the National, the Flaming Lips (doi... more info

Pitchfork — -- Every year, The Village Voice (full disclosure: my old employer), hands out the Obie Awards, recognizing achievement in off-Broadway theater. This year, Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merrit won an Obie for the music and lyrics he wrote for th... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-26 Paris, France - Trabendo05-27 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg Max05-28 Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop Festival05-31 Quincy, Washington - Sasquatch! Festival06-01 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom06-03 Santa Barbara, CA - So... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — I've held off writing about Warpaint for the past few months as I've been waiting for the answers to this Q+A I did. Luckily it was recording and not tardiness that held things up as Warpaint have been hard at it in the studio, laying down the tracks... more info

Guardian Music — For a band that sound as though they're barely working up a sweat, this slowcore group are causing quite a stirHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Jenny Lee Lindberg (vocals, bass), Emily Kokal (vocals, guitar), Theresa Wayman (vocals, guitar), Stella ... more info