Rawkblog — Photo by David Greenwald Just in time for Halloween, Spoon has released an interesting outtake for us — the a cappella version of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga’s strangest song, “The Ghost Of You Lingers.” Hearing the faded vocals reverberate without that d... more info

Obscure Sound — Identifying the differences between concise indie-rock and avant-garde developments are more complex than analyzing track’s duration and selection of instrumentation. There are supremely talented musicians in each spectrum, with their method of cho... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Sleeping States certainly had a lot of buzz back in 2006. He had it for about one day, November 22, 2006, when IGIF, Stereogum, Said the Gramophone and countless other blogs picked up the track "Rivers" from Grizzly Bear's blog (this, along with his... more info

Stereogum — SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! features Caribou, Four Tet, Xiu Xiu, Mark Robinson, the Blow, and others tackling classic and current Mergers. It's out 11/17 as a CD/download and is currently streaming for a limited time at Merge. more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn quartet the Bloodsugars reference the last sentence of Samuel Beckett's The Unnamable via the title of I Can't Go On, I'll Go On, their followup to last year's BQEP. You get a sense of their attention to words in "Light At The End Of The Tun... more info

Rock Sellout — Whenever I hear that a Floridian transplants to the Windy City, I immediately wonder if they had experienced the arctic winter climate before making the decision? It does seem that a midwestern winter has a tendency to bring out creativity through fi... more info

Rock Sellout — September 29th marks the release of Spoons first 4 records (Telephono/Soft Effects, Series of Sneaks, Girls Can Tell, and Kill the Moonlight) in deluxe digital format. No word on the actual deluxe part of the releases, but all will contain high qual... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Guitar player Sturgis Nikides has a few live date coming up, including a re-enactment, sort of, of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable: A multi-media performance party and concert featuring covers from the Factory days and more. Charlie and Adam Roth... more info

Live Daily — New York indie rockers White Rabbits [ tickets ] will head out on tour this fall to support their second studio album, "It's Frightening." The six-member group kicks off the outing Oct. 17 in Washington, DC. Suckers, Local Natives and Glass Ghost ... more info

My Old Kentucky — Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance must be forgiven for failing to participate in the ongoing mass eulogizing of indie record labels. Truth be told, they've been too concerned with other matters, specifically, guiding both a band and a label into their... more info