Radio Exile — Hidden Shoal Recordings recently announced the release of the single “The Green” from Boxharp [MySpace], an experimental/ambient-pop duo. Boxharp, Scott Solter (producer/engineer for the likes of Spoon, The Mountain Goats and St Vincent) and Wend... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jason Kreps At SXSW this year, Matador ran a bus from the airport to downtown Austin dubbed the "Together Shuttle". The bus had comfortable seats and free drinks, and it was blasting Together, the new New Pornographers album (out May 4), at ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Chrissy PiperLast year, Rian Johnson, director of the movies Brick and The Brothers Bloom and the video for the Mountain Goats' "Woke Up New", filmed Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle as he sat in a room and played every song from the M... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo03-15 Los Angeles, CA - Silverlake Lounge03-17-20 Austin, TX - SXSW03-23 Williamsburg, NY - Bruar Falls *^03-24 New York, NY - Sycamore - Acoustic show03-25 Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House03-26 New York, NY - Pianos &03-... more info

KEXP Seattle — The 2010 Sasquatch! Music Festival lineup has been announced and features a million bands you probably want to see, including KEXP artists Pavement, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, The National, Passion Pit, Nada Surf, The New Pornographers, The Hol... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Not only did the Sasquatch Festival folks avoid annoying the world by not unveiling acts in their lineup every six minutes, their bill even beats a somewhat lackluster Bonnaroo. Perhaps 'Roo set their bar too high with past festival lineups or swung... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo: 2010-01-23, Louisville [mp3,ogg,flac] "I Was Drunk" [mp3] other Alejandro Escovedo posts at Largehearted Boy Camper Van Beethoven: 2010-10-17, Cambridge [mp3,ogg,flac] "Might Makes Right" [mp3... more info

Stereogum — "Genesis 3:23" was our first taste of the Mountain Goats' Biblical exercise The Life Of The World To Come. If you recall, the homelessness of the lead track's lyrics correspond to the highlighted verse: "So the Lord God banished him from the Garde... more info

Stereogum — When I was a teenager I was deeply into hardcore and then SST-related bands, noise, and anything I could find that was slightly off-kilter in those old Ajax catalogs (Sun City Girls, Thinking Fellers, early Pavement, etc). I think Ajax is how I go... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — I briefly posted about these guys late last year, and also put their latest release in my top albums of 2009. But if you haven't checked them out, please do now; their songs are wonderful.The Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2Pulled off the highway in Miss... more info