On Sunday, July 14 Lord Huron will be opening a great show at the Hollywood Bowl. They will share the stage with Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Mexico’s acclaimed acoustic guitar duo,  and DeVotchka, a four-piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble. Click here for tickets, and be sure to check out Lord Huron’s full tour schedule below.

5/16 – The Great Escape – Brighton, UK

5/17 – Thekla – Bristol, UK

5/18 – Brudenell Social Club – Leeds, UK

5/20 – Hare & Hounds – Birmingham, UK

5/21 – The Cluny – Newcastle, UK

5/22 – King Tuts – Glasgow, UK

5/23 – The Deaf Institute – Manchester, UK

5/25 – Paradiso (London Calling) – Amsterdam, Netherlands

6/07 – Sheridan Opera House – Telluride, CO

6/08 – Snowmass Mammoth Fest – Snowmass Village, CO

6/10 – Riot Room – Kansas City, MO

6/11  - Off Broadway – St Louis, MO

6/12 – Highdive – Champaign, IL

6/13 – The Basement – Columbus, OH

6/15 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN

6/16 – Taste of Randolph – Chicago, IL

6/17 – Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI

6/18 – The Loft – Lansing, MI

6/21 – Webster Hall – New York, NY

6/22 – Firefly – Dover, DE

6/24 – The National – Richmond, VA

6/25 – Visulite Theatre – Charlotte, NC

6/27 – Stickyz Rock’N'Roll  Chicken Shack – Little Rock, AR

6/28 – The Opolis – Norman, OK

7/04 – High Sierra Music Festival – Quincy, CA

7/14 – Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA

7/18 – Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV

7/19 – The Green Room – Flagstaff, AZ

7/21 – The Underground Music Showcase – Denver, CO

7/22 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE

7/23 – The House Cafe – Dekalb, IL

7/24 – Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH

7/26 – Gathering of the Vibes – Bridgeport, CT

7/27 – Xponential Music Festival – Camden, NJ

7/28 – Newport Music Festival – Newport, RI

7/29 – CLUB AE – Pittsburgh, PA

7/31 – Mojo’s – Columbia, MO

8/01 – Unit D – Tulsa, OK

8/03 – Low Spirits – Albuquerque, NM

8/04 – Club Congress – Tucson, AZ

8/16 – Pukklepop – Hasselt, Belgium

8/17 – Green Man Festival – Wales, UK

8/30 – Gorge Ampitheatre – George, WA

8/31 – Gorge Ampitheatre – George, WA

9/01 – Gorge Ampitheatre – George, WA

9/03 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR

9/07 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN

9/08 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN

9/10 – Royal Oak Music Theatre – Royal Oak, MI

9/11 – Echo Beach – Toronto, Canada

9/13 – Bank of America Pavilion – Boston, MA

9/18 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC

9/21 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN

9/23 – The Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA

9/25 – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA

9/26 – Bayou Music Center – Houston, TX

9/28 – Stubb’s Waller Creek – Austin, TX

9/29 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX

Kate Boy‘s new song ‘The Way We Are’ premiered on Stereogum today, a track with “crunchier synths and bold vocals from lead singer Kate Akhurst.” Check out the article here and the June tour dates below!

06/06 – New York, NY @ Santos Party House
06/08 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl
06/09 – Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar
06/10 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
06/11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
06/13 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop

If you’re in Los Angeles this weekend, don’t forget to stop by our second annual Independent Label Market! This year we’ve teamed up with MySpace to bring you the latest from our favorite local labels. Dozens of indie labels will be sharing vinyls, merch, and the latest news from their artists. You’ll find us at Micheltorena Elementary School in Silverlake between 11 and 4 on Saturday.

Participating Food Trucks:
CoolHaus
Brasil Kiss Coffee Truck
Currywurst
Juice Box
Komodo

Charli XCX’s debut album may have come out last week, but we were finally just given the Pitchfork review and it was worth the wait! Charli was awarded an 8.3 out of 10 and Best New Music! Read the full review here.

Io Echo have just released the official music video for the title track of their debut album, “Ministry of Love”.  Director Barnaby Roper and the production team behind Arcade Fire’s interactive “We Used To Wait” video have created an absorbing, unsettling and amazing interactive video that allows the viewer to control the music video in millions of different ways.

Head over to Noisey / Vice to watch and play!

 Critically acclaimed electro-pop ensemble Kate Boy are set to embark on their first U.S. run beginning June 6 in New York City headlining Neon Gold’s Pop Shop. To celebrate the tour, the group will release a new song “The Way We Are,” with further details to be announced soon. See below for tour routing.

Northern Lights, the debut EP from Kate Boy has received high praise—Billboard explains it as “swoon-worthy” while V Magazine calls it “infectious.” The title track has already garnered the attention of NME, while The Fader hails the song as “emotionally honest.” The latest video for “In Your Eyes” is streaming at http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9081-kate-boy/.

DATES

June 6                                                        New York, NY                                   Santos Party House

June 8                                                         Brooklyn, NY                                        Brooklyn Bowl*

June 9                                                          Toronto, ON                                                  Wrong Bar

June 10                                                         Chicago, IL                                            Schubas Tavern

June 11                                                    Los Angeles, CA                                                         Echo

June 13                                                   San Francisco, CA                                        Rickshaw Stop

*with Haim

This year’s Tribeca Film Festival is spotlighting the documentary Teenage, a new film by Matt Wolf which features music supervised by IAMSOUND. Based on a groundbreaking book by the punk author Jon Savage, Teenage, directed by Matt Wolf, is an unconventional historical film about the creation of teenagers. Bringing to life fascinating youth from the early 20th century—from party-crazed Flappers and hipster Swing Kids to brainwashed Nazi Youth and frenzied Sub-Debs—the film reveals the pre-history of modern teenagers and the struggle between adults and adolescents to define youth.

The film is a living collage that blends archival footage with portraits of real youth from history. Their stories are told by young narrators (Jena Malone, Ben Whishaw, Julia Hummer and Jessie Usher), whose emotional dialog is culled from the actual pages of teen diaries. Collectively they express a common desire: to re-imagine the future. Adults might think youthful rebellion is just a right of passage, but history proves that teenagers’ unrest brings about real change.

TEENAGE teaser from Teenage on Vimeo.

Click here for a full listing of upcoming screenings.

Charli XCX‘s debut album True Romance is finally out in the States! Charli has been working hard on her debut album for the past couple of years, and we’re very proud to be releasing it. She’ll be supporting the album in the US with a national tour in May supporting Marina & The Diamonds and then a couple of weeks of headlining dates in June leading up to her appearance at Bonnaroo.

Purchase the album here

Grab an NME Mag off the UK newsstands this week for a feature on Charli XCX. It takes a look into the “schizophrenic” life she’s entered as she readies the release of her first album out next Monday.