Les Savy Fav and Deerhunter have been added to the bill for this year's Noise Pop festival, which is set to take place in San Francisco from February 24 to March 1.

Deerhunter have announced details of a rescheduled UK and Irish tour following the cancellation of several live dates earlier in 2009.

Photos by Mike WhiteDeerhunter have been to Europe before, and they'll be there again. But the solid month of European touring that the Atlanta band was going to put in this winter isn't going to happen. Because of unspecified health reasons, Deerhunter have postponed the tour, with the dates set to be rescheduled soon.Note that the band is stil...

Between the Web Sheriff fiasco and back-and-forth apologies, the hubbub surrounding Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion feels more like a nerdy soap opera than the release of an indie rock album. The drama was ratcheted up a few notches after the Quietus posted what they claim to be a letter from Brian Weitz aka Geologist asking for f...

Sigh. Here's the latest entry in an ever-growing series I like to call "wow, people on teh internetz iz dumb": Yesterday, the Quietus ran a story with the headline "Animal Collective Call for Album Leak". They reported to have received an email from Brian "Geologist" Weitz, calling for assistance in leaking the forthcoming Animal Collective alb...