This weekend’s Austin City Limits festival gets the AT&T Blueroom Webcast treatment starting on Friday at 12:45PM EDT. Click here for the full schedule that includes Vampire Weekend, Drive-By Truckers, Blues Traveler and The Raconteurs. It’s rare that AT&T gets most of the big names at a festie to sign on, but they’ve done a stellar job this time around.

While we’re waiting for Friday, here’s some links to enjoy…

• Music Snobbery gets a first look at Montclair’s Wellmont Theater
• American Babies’ Tom Hamilton bids farewell to Richard Wright
• The New York Times examines the My Bloody Valentine reunion
• Pitchfork talks to David Byrne about his new album and more
• Politico feels Drive-By Truckers’ The Righteous Path makes a great soundtrack for the level of economic anxiety we’re experiencing
• Matador plans to reissue Pavement’s brilliant Brighten The Corners

Finally, four major labels have made a deal with SanDisk to start manufacturing microSD memory cards featuring an album at 320kbps and with no DRM. Will this new format catch on? We’d be surprised.

For the eighth year in a row the Village Voice will bring their Siren Festival back to Coney Island. The all day FREE fest will take place on Saturday July 19, and once again features a fantastic line up for those willing to take the D,F,N or Q train to its last stop. This year’s bill features the likes of Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Broken Social Scene, Beach House, The Dodos, Annuals and more.

If riding the Cyclone and eating Nathan’s hot dogs while listening to some great indie-rock isn’t for you, then maybe one of these upcoming tours will be:

• MMJ flesh out dates for their Evil Urges tour (begins: 08/18)
• Shoegaze legends My Bloody Valentine announce their first U.S. dates in over a decade (begins: 09/19)
• The best bar band in America, The Hold Steady, announce a handful of summer dates (begins: 06/08)
• Former Blips artists Fleet Foxes head out on their first national headlining tour (begins: 05/24)
• R&B legends Earth, Wind & Fire will keep busy all summer long (begins: 06/07)
• Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd team up for some shed dates (begins: 08/08)
• Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings bring their funk and soul revival to a town near you (begins: 05/31)
• I’m declaring this the worst tour of the summer: Staind, 3 Doors Down & Hinder join forces (begins: 07/04)

Finally, thought I’d give a shout out to one of my personal favorite bands touring today — Philadelphia’s own Dr. Dog who revealed dates for a lengthy tour to support their latest album, Fate, which will hit stores on July 22nd. The psychedelic indie-popsters will play a two night run in New York City at the Bowery Ballroom and the Music Hall of Williamsburg that will serve as their record release parties.