Idolator — Fresh off his Colbert Report appearance, Carl Wilson talks with Peli Grietzer about elite fandom of "trash" like Gossip Girl and Britney Spears. Grietzer charges that such things are not for "genuine trash" but are, rather, designed specifically to... more info

Idolator — Yes. Yes, you read that correctly — you haven't accidentally landed at one of the other music blogs. (*ahem*) I've become a fan of the small cadre of inbred indie (and formerly indie) artists on Twitter: The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, John Roderick... more info

MTV.com News — We give you a peek at what's due to go down at this year's SXSW in Austin, Texas.By James Montgomery Photo: sxsw.com South by Southwest is sort of like running a marathon, except you're drunk most of the time, and there's nothing but BBQ an... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - A SXSW concert not to miss, even if you're not at the event... NPR Music will open this year's South by Southwest Music and Media Conference(SXSW) in Austin, TX, with the live webcast of a Decemberists concert... more info

Detroit Free Press — Surely you didn't think that was it for Kelly Clarkson. Two years after the "American Idol" sweetheart endured her first significant career stumble, the 26-year-old starlet has stormed back with "All I Ever Wanted" (***, RCA Records), a self-a... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — Episode 44 of The Mix Tape Podcast is now available for download!As the first remixes of the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album It's Blitz! emerge, we hit up a DiscoWeirdos (one half of FC/Kahuna) re-edit of Zero. Then comes new material from Canadian h... more info

Ryan's Smashing Life — PRESS PLAY: In 1983, celebrated director David Cronenberg released the film; Videodrome. The movie was a bleak satire on the cult power of video and film. Like most of Cronenberg's warped and horror-driven films, Videodrome has received higher prais... more info

Persona Sauna — There's just too much to say about how greatly I enjoy The Decemberists' Hazards of Love, which is set to drop on March 24 via Capitol Records. Lead singer Colin Meloy had originally hoped for the album to be a performed on stage as a play -- a folk-... more info

Said the Gramophone — The Daredevil Christopher Wright - "Clouds". Said the Gramophone tries hard not to be one of those music-blogs that recommends ten "awesome!!!!!!!" bands each week. Oh sure, we might post about ten different bands - but what we are posting is wonde... more info

Slowcoustic — So nothing in depth, no interviews, no insight, no commentary. Thursday Mash, hits the spot. Frontier Ruckus - “You, What You Are (demo)” The Decemberists - “Here I Dreamt I Was An Architecht” Polly Scattergood - “Nitrogen Pink” Shearwate... more info