Guardian Music — Often associated with school music rooms, the glock has grown up with a generation of indie-pop musicians and avant-garde auteurs. Just don't call it a xylophone ...What is it? Tiny hammers, tiny strips of metal, and a sound that can sooth or shatter... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Sanchez and Kitahara This is random. Entertainment Weekly reports that fastidious indie rockers Grizzly Bear went ahead and gave an untitled brand new song-- well, a minute's worth of a brand new song, at least-- to Washington State's lottor... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jimmark66 said... Episode #176 of Jim's Child Of The '60s Now Posted!!!! If you've been waiting patiently, here is the latest episode to feature the lesser known songs that are by no means lesser in quality.(The names of the artists that appear in th... more info

Stereogum — Treasure is the reverb-soaked one-man band of young London resident Hari Ashurst, a guy who cites “Fleetwood Mac, J Dilla, Beach Boys, Lou Reed, Highlife, Cosmic forces, Afro-beat, Field recordings,” etc., as influences while mentioning he wants ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — G O D said... EPHEDRINE SYMPHONY-live at the draft house tavern,ft.myers,florida,january 13th,1993.some tim buckley and the fall are covered and some original beatnik jazz punk. WHORESHACK-four-track-the instrumental giants,recorded on a real 4-track... more info

Stereogum — West Palm Beach, Florida’s Surfer Blood gave NME’s The Daily Download their first-ever demo, a lo-fi cover of the Beach Boys’s “Don’t Worry Baby.” The vocals are distant and hazy, so it’s hard to hear the band’s harmonies and falsetto... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — After entrancing us last year with "Catamaran", Colorado dream-pop duo Candy Claws wlll release their second album, Hidden Lands, July 20 via twosyllable records. Album cut "Sunbeam Show" features more of the band's collage-pop, with a keyboard vamp ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Surfer Blood’s debut album Astrocoast has been played pretty heavily by me all year. They were a shit ton of fun when I saw them live at market hotel. They have done a lot right in my book in the first half of 2010. Well, the good stuff just keeps ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — THREE MINUTES IS LONG ENOUGH....On the coat tails of the punk revolution of mid to late 1970’s came New Wave and Power Pop. Much has been written about New Wave but Power Pop seems to have disappeared under the radar.It was Pete Townshend who... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Blacksburg, Va., artist Dream Cop is really multi-instrumentalist Tommy Davidson, but it only takes one listen to his gauzy tunes to understand why he works under such a somnambulant moniker. "Beach City/Carol I Know" is a hypnotic interpolation of p... more info