Music is Art — I often think about this picture of Rihanna and of the way she was beaten.  It looks so painful that you can understand what she must have gone through to get there.   It always blows me away when others say they can’t imagine how it is to ha... more info

Rollo & Grady — Those Darlins Recommended Los Angeles Shows for October 19th – October 25th Monday, October 19th Bob Mould Band @ Troubadour Brazilian Girls @ Avalon Tuesday, October 20th Grizzly Bear and Beach House @ Hollywood Palladium Wednesday, October ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Violens are the project of Jorge Elbrecht, formerly of Lansing-Dreiden, and a few of his co-conspirators from that band. Last year they toured with the likes of MGMT, Grizzly Bear, and Deerhunter in support of their debut self-titled EP. They've got ... more info

MTV.com News — We go through the tunes included in the second 'Twilight' film.By James Montgomery "New Moon" soundtrack Photo: Summit Entertainment The "Twilight" soundtrack — featuring music from Paramore, Linkin Park and some guy named — has, to da... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Grizzly Bear performed Two Weeks w/ Victoria last night on Conan, and it was great, as always! Watch it below! more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Conan has had one hell of a musical lineup this week, kicking off Monday with Grizzly Bear and special guest Victoria Legrand. While I was hoping everyone's favorite Bear band would perform their achingly beautiful new track "Slow Life" off of the N... more info

MTV.com News — 'Twilight' sequel's music is more indie-rock than spooky, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in "New Moon" Photo: Summit Entertainment So here's the thing about vampires: I always thought the... more info

Shark Party, CA — First off, I wanna thank Royce for letting me take over his blog. This site has been a great resource for music, and I plan to keep that resource going......but you should know off the bat that I've lived a fuller life than him, and come to this... more info

Stereogum — We were recently introduced to Chris Taylor's new label with Ethan Silverman, Terrible Records, via its first release Acrylics earlier this month. CT takes a production credit on that band's debut EP, as he has for Dirty Projectors (Rise Above), Mile... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — As recently reported, Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor has a new label, Terrible Records, and the debut release of the new imprint is a single called "Ghosts" from Taylor's own side project, CANT. (You may also recall that the single's B-side is a previou... more info