Syracuse, NY's indie rock wunderkinds, Ra Ra Riot, have just announced their lengthy 32-date tour schedule. The tour kicks off September 3rd in Montreal, and takes them across America's heartland with pop experimentalist Walter Meego opening all dates. After a trek down the West Coast, Ra Ra Riot will be joined by The Morning Benders for a jaunt through the Southwest and a run up the East Coast from Orlando, FL to Cambridge, MA. Details can be found here.

Entertainment Weekly has compiled their "100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years", and Death Cab's 2003 release, transatlanticism, has made the list. It's a diverse group of records, which will undoubtedly cause anguish to some because of the inclusion (or exclusion) of certain albums, but it's worth checking out (in the June 27th print version, or online here).

Death Cab (along with Nada Surf and Mates of State) also appear on the NPR poll for the best albums of 2008 (so far), for their recent release narrow stairs. Be sure to cast your vote online here!

Danny Seim, drummer for Menomena and all-around nice guy, took his long-time project Lackthereof to a stage in Portland this past weekend for a rare performance. A short video from the performance (including a brief interview at the end) is up now on the Pampelmoose site — Danny's new album, your anchor, will be out on CD July 22nd (with the LP version out in early September).

Nada Surf will be taking to the road this summer, playing a run of European festivals and select West Coast dates. The European dates start June 20th, and the first West Coast show (in Salt Lake City, UT) is on August 7th. Check our show listings for details.

The new video for the song my only offer will debut this weekend — first, online at the MTV2 Subterranean blog (UP NOW!), and then on TV Sunday night on MTV2's Subterranean. Check your local listings for station and time.

There's a great interview up at Spin, in which John Roderick of The Long Winters talks about preparations for recording their next album (which we hope will be out in early 2009). Read the article, or listen to the phone conversation now on Spin.com.

Check out the new Barsuk onesies, available in pink or blue, in three adorable sizes: 3-6months, 6-12months and 12-18months.

Jim Noir will be performing on NPR's World Cafe today, June 5th. Check their website for broadcast times, or wait for the session to be streamed online later in the day.