Altsounds — As previously announced, the 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival will be taking place on Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 17 at Chicago's Union Park! Three-day passes are sold out (gone within 24 hours!), but single-day passes are still available for t... more info

Stereogum — It’s not news that popular indie rock got a bit darker in 2010. Look no further than regular topics of conversation around here — Zola Jesus, CREEP, Cold Cave, Salem, Tamaryn, Blessure Grave, Locrian, Gatekeeper, Frank (Just Frank), Crystal Castl... more info

Guardian Music — As proponents of strident, goth-tinged electronica, this Toronto trio are in good companyHometown: Toronto.The lineup: Katie Stelmanis (vocals), Maya Postepski (drums, programming), Dorian Wolf (bass).The background: Apologies for giving the game awa... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — SXSW 2011 sees locals such as Apex Manor, Odd Future, Zola Jesus and the Belle Brigade trying to break out. Also, look for veteran acts such as the Strokes at TV on the Radio to return to center stage. South by Southwest is in Austin Texas. more info

Stereogum — My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden doesn’t sing as much as haunt this track from Prefuse 73’s The Only She Chapters. It sounds like Prefuse chose his guests well — according to Pitchfork his album also features Zola Jesus’s Nika Roza Danil... more info

DrownedInSound — NEW BANDS. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

NME — Zola Jesus, Glasser and Tribes also added to festival bill more info

Guardian Music — A one-woman wave of dazed, lo-fi pop which channels the genre we dare not nameHometown: Los Angeles, duh.The lineup: Amanda Brown (vocals, music).The background: LA Vampires is the name of the solo venture by Amanda Brown, formerly one half of Pocaha... more info

Guardian Music — XOYO, LondonThere is a shadow hanging over music that never really goes away. It ebbs for a bit, then rolls back in, shape-shifting like a dank weather pattern. To call it goth would be disrespectfully reductive. Bandying about a phrase such as "the ... more info

Guardian Music — Prefuse 73's forthcoming album of female vocalists features late singer alongside Zola Jesus, Shara Worden and othersBroadcast's late singer, Trish Keenan, appears on a new album by Prefuse 73. Keenan recorded vocals for the LP before contracting a s... more info