Silent Uproar — Dark Was The Night is a 32-track compilation featuring a Who's Who in the indie music world, including Arcade Fire, Feist, Bon Iver and Grizzly Bear, among others. The album was produced by members of The National and the Red Hot Organization, which ... more info

My Old Kentucky — This is pretty much straight from the press release : Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th, 2009 and is comprised of 31 exclusive tracks. It will be available as a double cd/triple vinyl/download and will benefit the Red Hot Organiza... more info

JamBase — Official SXSW Showcasing Bands Andrew Bird Last week we tipped you off to the initial SXSW 2009 Band list, today we're here with the massive additions. The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival is scheduled to take place March... more info

Pitchfork — The 2009 SXSW Music Festival, going down March 18-22 in Austin, Texas announced its first round of bands last week, and now they've expanded that lineup to the point where it now takes like half an hour just to read the names of all the bands partici... more info

Pitchfork — The 2009 SXSW Music Festival, going down March 18-22 in Austin, Texas announced its first round of bands last week, and now they've expanded that lineup to the point where it now takes like half an hour just to read the names of all the bands pa... more info

JamBase — Dark Was The Night (A Red Hot compilation) out February 17 on 4AD Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17, 2009. It's comprised of 31 exclusive tracks and it will be available as a double CD/triple vinyl/download and will benefit the ... more info

My Old Kentucky — Papercuts' Can't Go Back was one of MOKB's favorite albums of 2007. San Franciscan Jason Quever's project gained much positive attention last year when he toured with Grizzly Bear, and now he returns this April 14th with You Can Have What You Want. ... more info

Clickmusic — The Brooklyn band to follow up their 2006 album 'Yellow House' this May. more info

Pasta Primavera — Before I start this thing off let me just say that I hate making lists.  I’m more of a pile person.  So you won’t see any numbers in the list of albums, rather my top five followed by my other favorites.  So here it goes. Nada Surf... more info

My Old Kentucky — Sure, there are a lot of obvious records and and artists to look forward to in 2009, but who are the ones that are going to come out of nowhere and knock your socks off? Yeah, normally you might just need to check Gorilla Vs. Bear religiously to fin... more info