Topix — New-fangled folk-rock is all the rage - at least that's what you might have gathered by watching English band Mumford & Sons on the Grammy broadcast this year. more info

Twangville — How about some videos to accompany the recent March/April 2011 Playlist? Lots of goodness from Mike Errico, Jason Isbell, Jill Sobule & John Doe, The Damnwells, Ha Ha Tonka, Jeremy Messersmith, The Trews, Black Joe Lewis, Ted Russell Camp, The Biters... more info

Mercury News, California — The Oscar-nominated film "Winter's Bone" portrays the Ozarks region of Missouri as dirt-poor, dreary and rampant with methamphetamine production. more info

DrivenFarOff — I had to pleasure of seeing Ha Ha Tonka on Sunday night. Their name is silly, but these boys mean business. Their first few songs were okay, but slowly, I was fascinated and within four songs, I was in LOVE. Their sound is unique, the stage presence ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Brian Reilly Murder by Death, Ha Ha Tonka and Linfinity are on a tour that stops at Bowery Ballroom in NYC tonight (5/4), and which stopped by Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn two days earlier. Pictures and... more info

Songs:Illinois — SXSW Wrapup: 1. Cold. Yes, Texas was frigid the last couple of days. 2. Good food. Pizza, migas (for breakfast from Gueros) and cupcakes from that trailer on Congress. 3. Music (Carolina Chocolate Drops, Whitey Morgan and the 78’s, Skybox, Ha Ha T... more info