Stereogum — Three years ago, Midlake released The Trials Of Van Occupanther, a sweetly harmonized, intimately rocking sophomore album that took them far away from their native Denton, TX, placing them on big tours and year-end lists and the like. This third a... more info

NME — The Courage of Others is due for release in February 2010 more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 01-05 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon01-06 Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room01-07 Orlando, FL - The Social01-08 St. Augustine, FL - Cafe Eleven01-09 Mt. Pleasant, SC - Village Tavern01-10 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle01-11 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone01-12 Little R... more info

Rawkblog — Jams to get excited about: * Midlake’s Courage of Others won’t be out until February 2010, the band has stated in two recent interviews. (Same goes for The Radio Dept.’s Clinging To a Scheme.) * Holopaw’s awesomely titled Oh, Glory. Oh, Wilde... more info

8/1 — MP3: Cat Power - The GreatestMP3: Grizzly Bear - Knife/Heartbeats [Grizzly Bear vs. The Knife by PARRKA] MP3: Camera Obscura – French NavyMP3: The RadÄ°o Dept - David MP3: The Mary Onettes - Puzzles MP3: Matmos - Rainbow FlagMP3: The Big... more info

Guardian Music — Last week you suggested songs about coming home. Now we want to hear the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Candle you handle it?What with everybody coming back from holiday, last week's task of choosing songs about coming home turned ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — strahinja said...PATTI SMITH – Easter (1978)SONGS OF THE ROLLING STONES: All Blues’d Up (This Ain’t No Tribute Series) (2002)BRYAN FERRY – These Foolish Things (1973)CHER – All I Really Want to Do / The Sonny Side O... more info

Rawkblog — If John Vanderslice hadn’t once told me that “guitars and marijuana love each other,” I would’ve described Midlake’s The Trials of Van Occupanther as ol’ JV smoking a few bowls and throwing on his Time-Life: AM... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — Episode 43 of The Mix Tape Podcast is now available for download!The front two this week are filled with Calvin Harris, who makes a welcome return with a some strung-out disco/trance called 'I'm Not Alone', and Kid Cudi who gets the Kanye treatment w... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — From the burgeoning sea of remixes that fail to leave a lasting impression, two musical magicians emerge - Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve. Erol Alkan (Producer of Late Of The Pier's Fantasy Black Channel and Mystery Jet's Twenty One) and Richard Norris d... more info