Music Mule — What? Ghost Bees Ghost Bees are a female acoustic duo from Halifax, Canada. They play passionate alt. folk with spell binding vocal harmonies, an antique mandolin and guitar. Enchanting stuff. For Fans Of: Coco Rosie, Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart.... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Roy Harper Some artists are so marbled into their craft that they've become invisible to most over time. They are an influence felt but rarely named, something experienced second hand through those they've inspired. While Roy ... more info

Persona Sauna — ...then you might like Pree. This D.C. trio may not try to be the fanciest or best produced band out there, but they certainly are making music that caught attention of the cheery corners of my ears. I know it's not the easiest thing to click a few l... more info

Paste Magazine — Sholi dares to dream while rocking out Avant-rock trio Sholi released an EP last year titled Dreams Before People, and the band's self-titled debut shows a similar affinity for the opaque messages and visions we receive in our sleep. A... more info

Guardian Music — Chicago-based record label Touch and Go, an indie institution that brought TV On the Radio, Slint and Calexico into the world, has announced they are closing their distribution business and scaling back their release of new music."It is with great sa... more info

Pitchfork — Tuba-voiced depressive Bill Callahan used to call himself Smog, but he's been going by his given name ever since 2007's Woke on a Whaleheart. That change in moniker was supposed to signal a transition to happier music (or, at least, to less... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Drew Katchen Tuba-voiced depressive Bill Callahan used to call himself Smog, but he's been going by his given name ever since 2007's Woke on a Whaleheart. That change in moniker was supposed to signal a transition to happier music (or, at le... more info

My Old Kentucky — As we said previously, 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? Alela Diane still remains firmly under the radar outside... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — It's been entirely too long since we heard from Fort Worth's Mara Lee Miller, aka Bosque Brown. However, we recently received word that the new record she's been working on for the past 15 months in Denton, entitled Baby, will be released in March vi... more info

Nialler9 — I inadvertently got loads of time to listen to some stockpiled stuff this weekend and at the forefront of the pack is this song from Nevada City’s Alela Diane from her forthcoming To Be Still album due in February on Rough Trade. It’s got a sligh... more info