Spinner.com — Filed under: Free MP3 of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: Chad VanGaalen Songs: 'City of Electric Light'Album: 'Happy Birthday To Me: Terminal Sales Vol. 3' [iTunes]Sounds Like: Mark Kozelek, Iron & WineDownload: 'City of Electric Light' (MP3)[Get Winam... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — (photo)The nice folks over at Refinery29 just sent over their new fall/winter playlist, Autumn Passing. The mix includes some of my favorite seasonally appropriate songs of this year, including offerings from Department of Eagles, Flying Lotus, Air F... more info

Rock Sellout — Sub Pop Records has made another track available to share from the new Chad VanGaalen opus Soft Airplane. The track is titled “City of Electric Light” and is available below. If you haven’t had the pleasure of listening to this album ye... more info

Pop Matters — Even the electronic elements sound wholly and refreshingly organic. The reclusive Calgary-based songwriter's latest is a DIY triumph, but an emotional death march. more info

Rock Sellout — The following is a collaboration between Ian Explosivo & Gina Argentina. Nut Brown (by Ian) Photo by Gina Argentina. Here’s a sad fact: The 2010 Olympics are just around the corner and as a result Vancouver has become all but unlivable. ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Lindsey Baker Women they is, and women they ain't. Noisy all-male popsters Women-- not to be confused with the Girls, or the Ladies, or Women & Children, or MEN, or Men Women and Children, or even Brothers and Sisters-- have signed on with J... more info

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Rock Sellout — As he's shown on his previous records, 2004's Infiniheart and 2006's Skelliconnection, Chad VanGaalen knows how to create intricate pop songs, whether soft and simple, or distorted and experimental. Now, that contradicting sound is nicely summed up i... more info

My Old Kentucky — While our goal for The Breakdown is to allow artists to demystify their albums in their own words, it just wouldn't be Chad VanGaalen if all mystery were to be revealed. Weighing in on a fraction less than half of the tracks that make up his amazing ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Our weekly GvsB Sirius radio show airs today at noon + midnight EST on Left of Center. Brand new stuff this week from Empire of the Sun, Gang Gang Dance, Salem, Get Back Guinozzi, Chairlift, Memory Cassette, the Ruby Suns + Esau Mwamwaya, and more. ... more info