Stereogum — Maybe the Sea of Cortez got their name from John Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez (one of the band’s three members is a biologist), or just their home state (they’re originally from San Diego, now they’re based in L.A.). Sea Of Cort... more info

The Culture Of Me — The indie/power pop group One For The Team had worked at the Tiny Telephone Studios for their most recent album, the ten-track, excellent Ghosts. Tiny Telephone, if you're unfamiliar, is helmed and owned by the one and only John Vanderslice,... more info

KEXP Seattle — Did you know secrets can lead to the cleaning areas of landmines? That’s the hope of “secret” e-mail blog The Plug Five Project. In conjunction with a healthy list of popular webzines, blogs, and artists that include Wavves, John Vanderslice, a... more info

My Old Kentucky — The Morning Benders were all over the internet last week with their Yours Tru.ly session performance of Excuses, that featured John Vanderslice, Christopher Owens of Girls, and more as "The Big Echo Orchestra." As they should, most of the indie-lovi... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — San Francisco retro-pop group the Morning Benders invite John Vanderslice, Christopher Owens of Girls, and a small army of their Bay Area friends to sing and play the track "Excuses" in this performance clip filmed by Yours Truly. "Excuse... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Another great clip from Yours Truly, featuring a song from the Morning Benders' forthcoming LP, Big Echo (which was co-produced by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor). "Excuses" is the album's brilliant opening track, and this soaring "Wall of Sound" perfor... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Note Books series features musicians discussing their literary side. Previous contributors have included John Darnielle, John Vanderslice, and others. Jookabox (formerly Grampall Jookabox) releases its third album, Dead Zone Boys today, a zombie-... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Benji Cossa: "April (live)" [mp3] other Benji Cossa posts at Largehearted Boy The Fresh & Onlys: "Invisible Forces" [mp3] from Grey-Eyed Girls other Guignol posts at Largehearted Boy John Vanderslice: "Too Much T... more info

Altsounds — The centerpiece of John Vanderslice's Romanian Names, the perfect pop gem "Too Much Time," is now being released as a limited-edition 7" on October 6th. The song received Song Of the Day honors by NPR, whose critics called Romanian Names "his best r... more info

Rawkblog — Don’t say John Vanderslice never did anything for you. For the video for Romanian Names gem “Too Much Time,” he enlisted the Magik Magik Orchestra to put a chamber-pop spin on the already great song — a more natural look for a track from a sy... more info