Paste Magazine — Good news for the Deerhunter obsessed (or, in our opinion, just anyone with good taste): Pitchfork reports that guitarist Luckett Pundt 's side project Lotus Plaza is finally set to release its debut LP. more info

Silent Uproar — Lockett Pundt of Deerhunter will release The Floodlight Collective, the debut album from Lotus Plaza (his own side project) on March 23rd via Kranky. more info

New York Times — Bradford Cox, the singer and songwriter of Deerhunter, is a hot person into cool things. more info

Stereogum — By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Yesterday we learned the winners of the 2008 Gummy Awards. Last night we partied. Thanks everyone for braving the cold and long lines to get in. The show was a full and festive -- host Max Silvestri presented a stun... more info

Pitchfork — When Bradford Cox wants to stray from the Deerhunter herd, he has his Atlas Sound project. And when guitarist Lockett Pundt wishes to do the same? Enter Lotus Plaza. Frequent patrons of the so-called Deerhunter blog will already be familiar with the ... more info

Pitchfork — When Bradford Cox wants to stray from the Deerhunter herd, he has his Atlas Sound project. And when guitarist Lockett Pundt wishes to do the same? Enter Lotus Plaza. Frequent patrons of the so-called Deerhunter blog will already be familiar with the ... more info

Stereogum — Obviously the gossip at last night's Deerhunter show was all about NBC's decision to give Jay Leno a talk show weeknights at 10 PM. What does this mean for Conan, who is taking over the Tonight Show timeslot? Or Jimmy Fallon who is taking over for Co... more info

Stereogum — Gummy polling is over, we tabulated furiously all weekend, later today we'll post your winners and fight in the comments. And when that's over, let's continue fighting but IN PERSON at Music Hall Of Williamsburg, where we can drink and then m... more info

My Old Kentucky — We finally get to our first non-musical holiday interview! Who better to start with than Aziz Ansari. Aziz has been a bit of a staple in the indie music/comedy/blog crossover world for a few years now. With each year, he seems to climb higher. Al... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — As if arbitrarily ranking one's favorite albums of the year isn't an absurd enough task, we leave you for the weekend with our favorite songs of 2008. Check David's list at the bottom of the post...50. Karl Blau - Mockingbird Diet49. CFCF - "Invitati... more info