Pavement’s reunion tour kicked off in Auckland last night, with a very impressive setlist and the band sounding much tighter than I’d anticapted (given their often shambolic history). Roll on Tripod!

We’re rather excited about hearing the new Foals album ‘Total Life Forever‘ in May. By the sounds of this track from it, they’ve undergone a bit of a reinvention… (via State)

This year’s Oxegen Festival has been announced, with Eminem, Muse and Jay-Z as headliners. The lineup is as follows: Eminem, Muse, Jay-Z, Black Eyed Peas, Kasabian, The Prodigy, Florence & The Machine, Paolo Nutini, Faithless, Stereophonic, David Guetta, Vampire Weekend, Mumford & Sons, John Mayer, Hot Chip, Calvin Harris, Newton Faulkner, Gossip, The Temper Trap, Empire [...]