Between Thought and Expression — I can't make up for months of blogger's block with one post, but here's a start... Chairlift - Bruises This is the catchy song from that iPod nano commercial. The album is decent, but "Bruises" and "Evident Utensil" are clearly the standouts. In ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — Sweden's Love Is All dressed up for Halloween a little early this year to record spooky videos for each track on their upcoming A Hundred Things Keep Me up at Night LP (due out November 11). Their attempt to look scary sort of backfires though, as Jo... more info

Stereogum — If you've ever done a semester abroad, you know Halloween isn't quite the phenomenon everywhere as in the good ol' financially fucked US of A. But props to the spastic Swedes of Love Is All for taking our annual excuse for sluttiness to heart, applyi... more info

Pitchfork — Part Time Punks will graduate from being a weekly L.A. post-punk/indie club night to being an L.A. post-punk/indie festival on November 16. Headlining the festival will be A Certain Ratio, making their first U.S. appearance in over 20 years.Also on t... more info

Radio Exile — Lily Allen is pretty awesome and I find her pretty cute/hot, so I am glad to see she’s got new material out there. Win win win [Pretty Much Amazing] Here’s a great review of the new Love Is All record, A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night . Mus... more info

Silent Uproar — Love Is All have scheduled more November US dates to further usher in the November 11th release of their new album, A Hundred Things That Keep Me Up At Night. more info

Obscure Sound — As I look back upon the numerous aspects of Love Is All’s outstanding debut, Nine Times That Same Song, that caused me to consistently check up on the group’s progress of their second album every few months or so, I now realize that the... more info

Pitchfork — And here we have yet another way Love Is All plan to rob you of your slumber: more shows. The stupendously catchy Swedes have filled in quite a few of the gaps on the next leg of their North American tour, which will find them swinging back around th... more info

Pitchfork — And here we have yet another way Love Is All plan to rob you of your slumber: more shows. The stupendously catchy Swedes have filled in quite a few of the gaps on the next leg of their North American tour, which will find them swinging back around th... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Kathryn YuJeff Mangum's first live appearance in ages and that totally batshit insane Diesel party sure looked nifty, but the award for biggest spectacle in New York City this past weekend should probably go to Of Montreal, who hit up Rosel... more info