Brooklyn Vegan — Fruit Bats @ MHOW in September (more by Raymond Haddad) Fruit Bats, led by the Shins' Eric Johnson, put out their fourth record, The Ruminant Band, and toured North America this year; they're currently playing shows in Europe. In January... more info

Rolling Stone — Broken Bells — the collaboration between Danger Mouse and the Shins’ James Mercer — will release their debut album March 9th, Pitchfork reports. Starting December 21st, first single “The High Road” will be available on the band’s Website.... more info

NME — 'Broken Bells' will be released on March 8 more info

Undercover, Australia — The Shins front man James Mercer and renowned beat-master Danger Mouse have finally revealed their long rumoured collaboration – an album due out early next year. more info

Guardian Music — These West Palm Beach indie rockers surf the zeitgeist (if not the waves) with their percussive lo-fi medley soundHometown: West Palm Beach, Florida.The lineup: John Paul Pitts (vocals, guitar), Tyler Schwarz (drums), Thomas Fekete (guitar), Marcos M... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I spend a good deal of my posts on IGIF writing about bands of a particular kind of aesthetic, that is, they're generally challenging to genre conventions (not to mention your ears, in some cases) and don't always have pleasing melodies, hi fidelity ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Shout Out Louds (http://www.myspace.com/shoutoutlouds)* will be releasing their third album Work on February 23rd. The album was produced by Phil Ek (The Shins, Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses) and you can download their new song "Walls" for free here.... more info

Guardian Music — • The Strokes take top spot in NME list with Is This It• Libertines debut Up The Bracket is best British entryNew York rockers The Strokes have topped a list of the best albums of the decade, beating British indie stars – and tablo... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Edie McConnell Avi Buffalo is the stage name of Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg of Long Beach, Calif., an 18-year-old guitarist and songwriter whose band has just signed to Sub Pop. They'll be putting out their debut 7" on the Seattle label in Decem... more info

Altsounds — he wait is over, Yo Gabba Gabba! fans! Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is… Awesome! arrives in stores today, via FILTER US Recordings! The album, available here (http://bit.ly/46fZEB), features The Shins, Of Montreal, The Roots, and of course the whol... more info