Stereogum — Refresher: Starbucks is a company that is in the business of selling cups of coffee. Starbucks is also a company that is in the business of selling music. Basically the best business plan imaginable in 2009, good job guys. Starbucks will soon fill ... more info

MTV.com News — 'I've been writing a lot, and we've been recording some,' actress/singer tells MTV News at Sundance.By James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Josh Horowitz Zooey Deschanel Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images Last month, Zooey Deschan... more info

My Old Kentucky — Happy Inauguration Day! So, I'm not sure many of you will be listening at Noon EST today, but just in case you are...Today is My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. Tune in at 12pm EST and again at Midnig... more info

Paste Magazine — When I wrote my Five Movies to Get Excited About in 2009 list a couple weeks ago, ostensibly, I was providing a reader service. But really, I was getting as pumped up about those movies as anyone reading that post. In fact, I'm listening to Ready... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Starting to notice a large influx of new songs in my inbox as of late, not that i’m complaining or anything.  Joining this ever-growing list is the new single “Never had Nobody Like You,” from M. Ward’s forthcoming album Hold Time, due out... more info

The Yellow Stereo — The Decemberists have a new record coming out in March (that and February look to be pretty busy months, huh?) entitled The Hazards Of Love.  They’ve released the first single titled “The Rake Song,” which you can hear for yourself below. Fo... more info

My Old Kentucky — If there were more songs like this on last year's She & Him album, I probably would've actually liked it. Probably the most overrated album of all of last year, in my opinion. So, now that I've ruffled some feathers, I'm really looking forward to M... more info

Rock Sellout — The forthcoming album from M. Ward is availabe to pre-order from Merge Records. It will be offered on CD and 180-gram LP (with download coupon. Hold Time is M. Ward’s follow-up of the critically acclaimed collaboration with Zooey Deschanel (She & ... more info

Stereogum — If you're curious about why Matt Ward would pick this particular song (from an album that sounds like it's got a lot of great songs) as the first promo MP3, consider the fact that it features Zooey Deschanel. She's got all the great She & Him buzz. A... more info

Pitchfork — After Grandaddy broke up in 2005, the Cali psych-rock band's frontman Jason Lytle toured in support of final album Just Like the Fambly Cat all by his lonesome. Lytle (no relation to soca star Kevin Lyttle, unfortunately) has been relatively quiet ev... more info