Pitchfork — 'Tis the season for giving and hall-decking and so forth, and in the spirit of both, Oregon's Glass Casters Union is back with another round of indie rock-themed charity ornaments. Last year, the GCU offered up decorations designed by the likes of Wo... more info

Stereogum — Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installm... more info

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Pitchfork — YACHT on a yacht, Bloc Party at a Block Party, and now, yes, Sunn O))) live in an ancient cathedral way the hell up in Norway. The revered doom duo set up shop in the historic house of worship in Bergen for a special show back in March of 2007, and p... more info

Metalsucks — A big, big problem with bands today, metal or otherwise, is the distinction between “epic” and “long.” Yes, when taking into account the triple-LP progsters of the ’70s or glacial chord exercises of Earth and Sunn 0))), length is seemingly ... more info

Stereogum — By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy After a night of front-to-back ATP-approved "classics," it was nice to tackle a day of unpredictable sets. We missed the earliest acts -- Apse, Australia's garage rockers (and fine live band) the Drones, Growing, an... more info

Pitchfork — Set to tape almost entirely through a single microphone in Phil Elverum's living room, What Is Doubt For? is the latest release from D+, the Pacific Northwestern lo-fi supergroup of Elverum, Karl Blau, and Beat Happening's Bret Lunsford. The nine-son... more info