JamBase — Debut record from Beirut/Arcade Fire side project Team B Kelly Pratt (Beirut and Arcade Fire), incredible musician, master collaborator, and sexy-as-hell showman has a new record coming out. Assembling various musical talents from ... more info

Pasta Primavera — I can’t seem to remember there ever being a compilation this chocked full of amazing original tracks.  You name it and it’s on Dark Was The Night - Sufjan Stevens, The Books, Feist, Grizzly Bear, Spoon, David Byrne, The Dirty Projectors, Jo... more info

Stereogum — Prodigal pop amalgamist Shugo Tokumaru plays all his instruments (unless he's being backed by the National and Beirut dudes) and multi-tracks his way into rarified space, spinning contemporary and classical Western music forms into a patchwork of ... more info

Ryan's Smashing Life — PICK IT UP - ROCK FOR A CAUSE: Musicians are working together these days performing some pretty sensational songs for Dark Was The Night a new benefit albums for the Red Hot organization (an international charity dedicated to raising money and awaren... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — The other day my industrious, knowledgeable, excitable friend Cole told me about the London-based indie pop band Fanfarlo and their debut album Reservoir. He frenetically described them as "a perfect blend of Arcade Fire, Beirut, & Clap Your Hands S... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — Avery returns with another stellar round up of the week's best musical whimsies...Yeah Yeah Yeahs unveil track-list and cover art for It’s Blitz...In honor of the Grammys Radiohead perform '15 Step', Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, M.I.A., and Kany... more info

So how will Beirut sustain itself? The groups answer, so far, is just to do a bit of traipsing. Condon spent some time in Oaxaca, Mexico, where he met the Jimenez Band, a 16-piece group from Teotitlan del Valle. No skin off the noses of the guys who more info

Stereogum — Seeing as this has already been Beirut week on Stereogum.com, I'll save my trademark purple prose in dissecting this show for the Year's Best Concerts post in December. Except for the next bunch of graphs because, really, it seems this week was a ... more info

Stereogum — Who had the better week: Beirut or college-band geeks? Well Zach played three sold-out shows in Brooklyn (including a secret gig in Greenpoint to kick it off) and made his network television debut at the Ed Sullivan Theatre on Friday night, so tha... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Beirut played two shows at BAM this weekend, but on Wednesday night they played at the more intimate Music Hall of Williamsburg. Although the usually very full band was short a few people (there were only 5 people on stage), Zach Condon and Co. still... more info