NME - Radar — The Buzz is the magazine’s weekly rundown of artists, scenes, labels and tracks breaking forth from the underground this week 1. Aloe Blacc’s ‘I Need A Dollar’ It’s easy to forget that hip-hop wasn’t always a competition to see whose rac... more info

All About Jazz — By Lauren Zumbach The Princeton Record Exchange just off of Nassau Street was founded by Barry Weisfeld in 1980. The store sells more than 140,000 LPs, CDs and DVDs. The town of Princeton may be best known as home to the University, but a store ju... more info

All About Jazz — The Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble will be paying tribute Saturday to Mary Lou Williams, possibly jazz's most overlooked genius, on the centennial of her birth.Maybe it was her gender, maybe it was the company she kept (she worked for Dor... more info

Stereogum — The other day we heard from Kisses, the side-project of Princeton’s Jesse Kivel, and this one comes from another branch of the Princeton family: brother and bandmate Matt Kivel’s own project seems him join forces with Julia Bembenek  and drumm... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Blogland's latest darlings Princeton are in town today, wowing excited tweeters at Pure Groove as we speak before hitting the Barfly tonight. The Santa Monica whimsy-rockers are here to plug new single 'Shout It Out' from their debut LP 'Cocoon Of Lo... more info

All About Jazz — By Scott Morgan It is Wednesday, in the middle of a day in the middle of an unremarkable week, and there are at least 40 people flipping through records or reading the spines of CDs along the walls of the Princeton Record Exchange. The store will dr... more info

Stereogum — Princeton spin-off project Kisses announced themselves with “Bermuda,” sounding something like Jens Lekman taking a drive down the Pacific Coast Highway and getting caught up at a daytime disco party. Scene compatriot Pat Grossi aka the excellent... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — As a kid I was obsessed with the movie Time Bandits, especially the time map. Textbook timelines always looked paltry and pathetic in comparison. A new book from Princeton Architectural Press shows that the timeline doesn't have to be so... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-14 Seattle, WA - High Dive &04-15 Eugene, OR - Univ. of Oregon / WOW Hall &04-16 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop &04-17 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst $04-20 Visalia, CA - The Cellar Door #04-22 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour @04-24 Bellingham, WA ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-17 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *04-18 Laval, Quebec - Maison des Arts De Laval *04-19 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Showcase Lounge *04-20 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre *04-22 New York, NY - Irving Plaza *04-23 Princeton, NJ - Terrace Club at Pr... more info