FORECASTLE WILL TAKE PLACE FROM JULY 9TH TO 11TH IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.  THE MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE THE FLAMING LIPS, SPOON, DEVO, SHE AND HIM, TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, MINUS THE BEAR, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ARTISTS.  YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FESTIVAL AT WWW.FORECASTLEFEST.COM.

CAMP BISCO WILL TAKE PLACE FROM JULY 15TH TO JULY 17TH IN MARIAVILLE, NEW YORK.  THIS FESTVAL WILL INCLUDE LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, GIRL TALK, MAJOR LAZER, CARIBOU, AND MANY MORE ARTISTS.  MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CAMPBISCO.NET.

IN NEW MUSIC NEWS, OF MONTREAL WILL RELEASE A NEW ALBUM CALLED FALSE PRIEST ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.  THE SINGLES "COQUET COQUETTE" AND "HYDRA FANCIES" ARE AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE FROM OF MONTREAL’S WEBSITE AT WWW.OFMONTREAL.NET.

THE STROKES FRONTMAN JULIAN CASABLANCAS STATED IN A RECENT BBC INTERVIEW THE BAND IS RECORDING THEIR FOURTH ALBUM, WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED IN MARCH.

INSTRUMENTAL DUO RATATAT ANNOUNCED THEIR FALL TOUR DATES.  THE TOUR WILL START IN NEW YORK ON JULY 17TH AND THE GROUP WILL TOUR UNTIL OCTOBER 8TH.

 M.I.A.'s new album /\/\/\Y/\ is out July 13 off N.E.E.T./Interscope Records. Listen to it in its entirety on M.I.A.'s MySpace.

 Shannon Stephens, once in a band with Sufjan Stevens called Marzuki, is re-releasing her 2000 self-titled solo debut, off of Stevens's label, Asthmatic Kitty, on July 20. It has been co-produced with Stevens and includes new artwork and two previously unreleased tracks.

 Latitude Festival will take place July 15-18 in Southwold, England. The line-up includes Belle and Sebastian, Vampire Weekend, the National, Dirty Projectors, the xx, Grizzly Bear, Girls, Crystal Castles, Jonsi, Spoon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yeasayer, Florence and the Machine, Here We Go Magic, Frightened Rabbit, School of Seven Bells, Wild Beasts, Black Mountain, Jamie Lidell, the Antlers, the Big Pink, and These New Puritans.

 Dance-rock band !!! release their new album, Strange Weather Isn't It? on August 24 from Warp Records. Check out the video for the single "AM/FM" from www.thefader.com.