Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Bryan Bruchman After an exhausting CMJ full of shows including the BV party at Pianos on Thursday (10/22), Surfer Blood are back as part a tour that keeps them on the road for the next month. They open... more info

Culture Bully — For a band whose first album I really liked, Art Brut's shtick has worn a little thin and exposed a band that's seemingly repeating the same joke over and over. more info

Topix — Eddie Argos has a beef with Craig Finn. The thickly accented, Kermit-the-Frog-voiced singer for London's garage-punk band Art Brut holds a grudge against the Hold Steady frontman from back when their bands toured together in 2007 -- when many Twin Ci... more info

NME — 'Fixin' The Charts' will be released in January more info

Live Daily — For Eddie Argos, easygoing, animated frontman of UK rock unit Art Brut [ tickets ], acquiring things to do isn't a problem--it's getting everything done that proves most difficult. Aside from singing and writing songs with Art Brut, Argos is a pai... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Image: via Sonicbids Phil & the Osophers are a 3-piece band from Brooklyn. Their sixth full length album, Parellelo, came out this summer. They have played with the likes of Art Brut, Passion Pit, Les Savy Fav, and the Dodos and they played SXSW and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Art Brut @ Mercury Lounge in June (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * New Yorker Festival * Al Green @ BB King's * Bjorkestra @ BAMcafe * Bon Iver @ New Yorker Festival * Neko Case @ New... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-16 Cambridge, MA - Middle East +10-17 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's +10-18 Washington, DC - Black Cat +10-19 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle +10-20 Atlanta, GA - The Earl +10-21 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder +10-22 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree +10-23 ... more info

Allmusic Blog — A reader asked in the comments section of AllMusic Loves 2004, our previous feature listing our editors' favorite releases from a given year, "What next? AllMusic Loves 2005!?!?" Yes, exactly. As we said when we looked back at 2000, we are covering e... more info

Altsounds — _*US 2009 Fall Tour*_ 0/16 - The Middle East (Downstairs) - Cambridge, MA 10/17 - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ 10/18 - Black Cat - Washington, DC 10/19 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC 10/20 - The Earl - Atlanta, GA 10/21 - Club Downunder - Tallahass... more info