Pitchfork — The 2009 SXSW Music Festival, going down March 18-22 in Austin, Texas announced its first round of bands last week, and now they've expanded that lineup to the point where it now takes like half an hour just to read the names of all the bands pa... more info

My Old Kentucky — The Buffet Libre DJs have completed their second REWIND project. You may remember we shared the first one with you last July. This time around they focused on covers of songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s and feature an even more impressive lineup of b... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — I mentioned the other day that Bosque Brown has been working on her upcoming record, Baby, for the past 15 months, but she also found time to contribute this starkly stunning rendition of "Silent Night" to I'll Stay 'til After Christmas, a new iTunes... more info

Daytrotter — Au Revoir Simone: Sometimes good, sometimes bad, always inevitable. It could be progress, regression or even three steps forward then two backwards but either way, change is happening, like it or not, agree or complain… more info

Pitchfork — Holiday-themed charity comps: truly, they are the gift that keeps on giving. I mean, you can purchase a copy of the digital-only I'll Stay 'Til After Christmas collection, plunk a burn of it in Junior's stocking (I mean, um, ask Santa to do it), and ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellSwedish songbird Lykke Li has revealed another North American tour in support of her debut album, Youth Novels. This new tour begins January 31 in Washington, DC; the rest of Lykke Li's 2008 is filled with European and A... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellSwedish songbird Lykke Li has revealed another North American tour in support of her debut album, Youth Novels. This new tour begins January 31 in Washington, DC; the rest of Lykke Li's 2008 is filled with European ... more info

Stereogum — Over the past few years, mtvU's annual Woodie Awards have been unexpectedly bloggable. But last night we couldn't rely on Jordan Catalano picking fights since he was busy being king douche somewhere else, and Spank Rock seemed sober which meant no d... more info

KEXP Seattle — A long-awaited Longwave album tops the list of new releases you’ve been hearing lately on KEXP, along with Frontier Ruckus and Love Is All. Other albums worth considering on this Veterans Day week come from Razorlight, Barbara Morgenstern, Free Blo... more info

The Lipster — We got an email yesterday about this new Au Revoir Simone remix album called Reverse Migration, which is a cute title because it is all about reworking songs off The Bird Of Music. And it pointed us in the direction of two of the tracks already freel... more info