Chorus.fm — *Run River North* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/runrivernorth/) has signed to Nettwerk Records (http://www.nettwerk.com/label). The band will be recording with Phil Elk (Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, The Shins) for their debut label release. more info

Sky News — The furniture giant says two tests by Belgian authorities revealed evidence of pork in the company's frozen elk meat. more info

Powerpopulist — We were just now over at last.fm innocently celebrating being able to scrobble again when we found a couple of fairly recent discoveries all free and available like. Torontans Elk seem to be channeling a bit of the old Mickey and Sylvia with that ir... more info

Chorus.fm — Charlie, Nate, and Nick of *Person L* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/personl) released a debut self-titled full-length record under the name *Brian Medlin and the Elk Band* (http://brianmedlinmusic.com/). The record can be streamed here... more info

Guardian Music — RR regular sonofwebcore gives us his pick of the answers to last week's question: what are the best songs about philosophers?Readers recommend old hand Pairubu reckons the brainy kids haven't enough friends to form a band. Nevertheless, plenty of son... more info

People.com — Serve up these sandwiches just in time for the big game more info

Big Apple Music Scene — When a band gets its name from a Seamus Heaney poem, you know there has to be something special about them. But, there’s more to Brooklyn-based band Great Elk than just their name. Although it seems to fit somehow, as their music evokes a close-to-... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Sad country pop and a well executed Replacements cover - Here Comes a Regular - laid down live with only a few overdubs. NYC Singer-songwriter Don DiLego recorded his new his new EP Western & Atlantic in Charlottesville, VA and Portland, OR. DiLeg... more info

Twangville — Lush strings, cavernous spaces and 80s style percussion. The first two of those are wonderfully symphonic, but the percussion just doesn’t please the ear. At times Great Elk outgrows the indie Death Cab sound, but at times the band sounds all too m... more info

Totally Fuzzy — An excellent sampler by San Francisco label Friendly Fire Recordings, home to artists like Acrylics, Asobi Seksu, Camphor, The Concretes, David & the Citizens, Elk City, Faunts, Oh No Ono, Old Soul, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Regina, Violens, ... more info