The singer-songwriter releases his latest solo album featuring guests such as The Decemberists' Rachel Blumberg, Lucinda Williams, DeVotchKa's Tom Hagerman, and Zooey Deschanel. [Rock/Alternative/Singer-Songwriter] more info

Pitchfork — Between Dark Was the Night and War Child Presents Heroes, it seems like virtually all the big indie bands that exist have already lent their talents to charity-benefit compilations this year. Apparently not! We're barely two months into 2009, and al... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — The best from around the blogs all in one post...An early recording of The Beatles “Revolution 1” leaks…Phoenix releases “1901” the first single of their new LP Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix…1901 - Phoenix / YSIMGMT sue... more info

JamBase — WAXPLOITATION PREPARES CAUSES 2 WITH MUSIC FROM DEVENDRA BANHART, GNARLS BARKLEY, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, MY MORNING JACKET Waxploitation Records has confirmed a May 5 release date for Causes 2, the second album in the label's ongoing benefit series f... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Kathryn Yu; Above: Sufjan Stevens and Shara Worden Indie rock and classical made beautiful music together last night in Brooklyn, as Clogs and Bell Orchestre joined the Brooklyn Philharmonic for "Shuffle Mode", a collaborative concert at th... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) The Decemberists [ tickets ], Gnarls Barkley [ tickets ], My Morning Jacket [ tickets ] and LCD Soundsystem [ tickets ] are among the artists lending songs to "Causes 2," the second album in Waxploitation Records' ongoing benefit seri... more info

JamBase — Bonnaroo Headliner Dates Announced Bonnaroo has announced the dates for the 2009 headliners. Phish will be performing on the Friday and Sunday of the festival weekend. The Friday show will be a special late night performance and the Sunday show wi... more info

The Tape — On March 18th, Colin Meloy and co. will be playing their upcoming album, The Hazards of Love at a South By Southwest showcase. They’ll be playing the entire album straight through, and are offering their fans (in association with Imeem) to design ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Decemberists gave us “The Rake’s Song” last month, and now I got “Hazards Of Love 1″, another track off their new album with the same name for you guys. It is the first track (aside from the prelude) on the album and it sounds like a pr... more info

Pasta Primavera — I can’t seem to remember there ever being a compilation this chocked full of amazing original tracks.  You name it and it’s on Dark Was The Night - Sufjan Stevens, The Books, Feist, Grizzly Bear, Spoon, David Byrne, The Dirty Projectors, Jo... more info