Consequence of Sound — Marnie Stern has some competition for album title of the year. more info

Consequence of Sound — A new track off the awesomely titled The Chronicles of Marnia more info

Consequence of Sound — And the award for 2013's Best Album Title goes to... more info

Guardian Music — RR regular sonofwebcore gives us his pick of the answers to last week's question: what are the best songs about philosophers?Readers recommend old hand Pairubu reckons the brainy kids haven't enough friends to form a band. Nevertheless, plenty of son... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonSt Vincent – aka Annie Clark – doesn't look like the type who's going to leap off the stage and assault people with a dirty great guitar. Looking out from the cover of her first two albums, 2007's prim Marry Me and 200... more info

XLR8R — Sacramento's Raliegh Moncrief doesn't exactly have the typical XLR8R resume. He's collaborated with drumming virtuoso Zach Hill, performs in Marnie Stern's touring band, and worked as an engineer and co-producer on Dirty Projecto... more info

Stereogum — The excellently named Sacremento producer Raleigh Moncrief has been something of an indie rock “that guy,” for the past few years, staying busy on the periphery. He engineered and co-produced Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca, and he’s played in M... more info

Altsounds — Sacramento based Raleigh Moncrief has collaborated with Zach Hill, plays in Marnie Stern's live band and co-produced the critically acclaimed 'Bitte Orca' by Dirty Projectors Listen: Raleigh Moncrief - I Just Saw... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Guitar World interviews singer-songwriter Marnie Stern. What advice would you give to girls picking up the guitar? I had been wanting to give guitar lessons to girls because I feel like women tend to use their voice as the starting... more info

Stereogum — Here’s the complete version of the previously reported and teased video Drew Barrymore directed for Best Coast’s “Our Deal.” It stars Chloë Moretz looking like Marnie Stern in a touching West Side story with great use of graffiti and handwri... more info