The Pitchfork Music Festival has added some new action. The lineup for Saturday, July 18 now includes the cerebral indie folk of Beirut, the nice guy Norwegian future-disco of Lindstrøm, DOOM's masked insanity, and hyperactive Baltimore indie rockers Ponytail. The Sunday show, meanwhile, gets Frightened Rabbit (who remind us of a Glaswegian version of the National, which is awesome), The Mae Shi from LA, DJ/Rupture (whose blog is the best), and Chicago veterans Dianogah. more ›

That Obama, he's a total hipster. First it's Wilco, Cool Kids, and The Changes...now it's Andrew Bird and Dianogah. Despite the slightly weird combination of baroque chamber pop maestro and underground instrumental rock band, we'll take any opportunity to 'rock for Barack.' Also, as an added bonus -- at this event only -- all the folks willing to shell out the minimum $100 donation to gain entry will receive a super ultra-rare insanely limited-edition hand-screened poster by Kathleen Judge. more ›