Persona Sauna — As part of their 20th anniversary celebration, Merge Records will be releasing SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!SCORE! is twenty tracks by contemporary bands covering songs that span the label’s fruitful two decades of existence. T... more info

The Red Radio — The music of R.E.M. was celebrated last night in a tribute show at NYC's Carnegie Hall. Calexico took the role of the house band for the evening while Kristen Hersh, The Apples In Stereo, The Feelies, Fink, Marshall Crenshaw, and... more info

JamBase — RHETT MILLER OF OLD 97's TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED SOLO ALBUM ON SHOUT! FACTORY RECORDS IN STORES JUNE 9 National Summer Tour To Follow Rhett Miller Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and Old 97's front man Rhett Miller will release a collecti... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Free MP3 of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: Los Campesinos! Songs: 'We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed' Album: 'We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed' [iTunes] Sounds Like: The New Pornographers, The Apples in Stereo Download: 'We Are Beautiful, We... more info

Stereogum — As we've mentioned in the past (2007), Robert Schneider's not afraid of the graceful sellout. So, no, we're not surprised that he and his E6 cohorts just scored a Pepsi commercial. (Heck, we already knew how much E6-related bands loved steak.) We're ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Throwing Muses with Kristen Hersh, Kimya Dawson, Ingrid Michaelson, Glenn Hansard, The Apples in Stereo, Tommy James and the Shondells, Jolie Holland, Keren Ann, Guster, The Db’s, Bob Mould, Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power, Rachel Yamagata, Calexico, Patt... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Throwing Muses with Kristen Hersh, Kimya Dawson, Ingrid Michaelson, Glenn Hansard of The Frames & Swell Season, The Apples in Stereo, Tommy James and the Shondells, Jolie Holland, Keren Ann, Guster, The Db's, Bob Mould, Vic Chesnutt & Elf... more info

3hive — A couple of weeks ago, I was putting together some mix CDs for my wife for her birthday and, as usually happens, I loaded them up with Hall & Oates. She likes them. I say I don’t. Yet the truth is that not only is there an H&O song that is ind... more info

3hive — A couple of weeks ago, I was putting together some mix CDs for my wife for her birthday and, as usually happens, I loaded them up with Hall & Oates. She likes them. I say I don???t. Yet the truth is that not only is there an H&O song that is indelibl... more info