The Late Greats — The Family Straw is still living out of suitcases at Grandma's house. I got a few emails this past week that I simply can't wait until we are home to post about. Tamara Lindeman is the female Bon Iver. She used music to cope with some tough emotional... more info

My Old Kentucky — Bowerbirds are playing Indy Hostel this Saturday, March 28th. Weather permitting, the show will take place outside on the back stage.This incredible three-piece is signed to Dead Oceans (a sub-label of Secretly Canadian) and has toured with the like... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bon Iver @ Town Hall in NYC (more by Chris La Putt) Bon Iver has been added to the lineup of the May 3rd Dark Was The Night show at Radio City Music Hall. Tickets are still on sale.... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Any new band worth their keep has been in Austin, Texas this last week trying to stir up the suits interest, excite the blogs and avoid sunburn. The annual Texan industry scrum always propels a few select bands forwards and this weeks NMM pick Girls ... more info

MTV.com News — Lou Reed also rumored to be playing the Chicago festival.By Gil Kaufman The Killers' Brandon Flowers Photo: John Shearer/ WireImage The longer Lollapalooza organizers wait to unveil the lineup for this year's festival, the more people will... more info

Guardian Music — Suddenly, many YouTube videos are looking remarkably similar. Why? It's the way the artists originally intended them to be seen, apparently ...Suddenly, many of the videos on YouTube look the same. You may have thought that this was just coincidence.... more info

Said the Gramophone — The Daredevil Christopher Wright - "Clouds". Said the Gramophone tries hard not to be one of those music-blogs that recommends ten "awesome!!!!!!!" bands each week. Oh sure, we might post about ten different bands - but what we are posting is wonde... more info

The World Forgot — In this day and age when some artists have all but disappeared {Sufjan Stevens}, others continue to put out new albums that are, well, below par {Weezer, The Killers}, and yet others are on possible permanent hiatus {The Strokes}, it can be hard at t... more info

NME — The Green Man festival has announced the first batch of artists set to play the 2009 event. more info

DrownedInSound — The emphatically DiS-approved Green Man Festival has today announced its first raft of acts, and mighty fine they look too. We spoke to Managing Director of the festival Fiona Stewart, who has also kindly offered us two pairs of tickets which could b... more info