Pasta Primavera — The mysterious sounds of Fol Chen pulled me in and roughed me up a bit today.  Their new album, Part 1: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made, comes out on February 17th on Asthmatic Kitty and it’s a doozy.  Fol Chen is an LA band that wraps i... more info

My Old Kentucky — Highland Park, California's Fol Chen was one of the many talents Asthmatic Kitty Records signed on in 2008. The band will release their debut album, Part 1: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made, on February 3rd, 2009 through the label.If you wanna know m... more info

Idolator — So the other night I was listening to the new Her Space Holiday album, XOXO, Panda and the New Kid Revival, and it struck me funny. The prior work I've heard did not lead me to believe they would, er, take such heavy inspiration from Modest Mouse thi... more info

Idolator — Google has made the 2001 version of its search index available to celebrate its 10th birthday (it's the oldest version the site had available—see, people, everyone needs to remember to back up their hard drives now and again!), and I figured it wou... more info