Stereogum — I’ve gotta say, the fact that Malia Obama’s Pro Era T-shirt wasn’t brought up during the president’s State Of The Union address on Tuesday was a huge disappointment to me. It’s not a matter of national security, but it’s pretty fucking co... more info

Perez Hilton — "We are a strong, tight-knit family who has made it through some very, very hard times." The State of The Union annually marks the President living up to his duty to publicly address America and touch upon issues that are pertinent to the country. An... more info

ContactMusic — Willie Robertson, who is a star in A&E's reality television show 'Duck Dynasty', is going to attend President Obama's State of Union address.The... more info

Chorus.fm — *We Are The Union (http://www.absolutepunk.net/wearetheunion)*, who are currently on hiatus, have released two b-sides (http://wearetheunion.bandcamp.com/album/you-cant-b-side-the-sun) from You Can't Hide The Sun. more info

Chorus.fm — Reed from *We Are The Union* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/wearetheunion) released a solo Christmas song called "I'm Working Retail For Christmas." It's available for pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp (http://www.reedwolcott.bandcamp.com/). more info

Sky News — The Union of Farmers contacts the Prime Minister to ask for permission for hard-up agricultural workers to sell their organs. more info

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Here Comes The Flood — Country folk duo The Handsome Family will release their new album Wilderness on May 14th. They have made a video for Woodpecker. Brett and Rennie Sparks will be touring behind the new album in the UK and the USA. The album is released by Carrot To... more info

Mjsbigblog — Union J to reveal their debut single soon! BGT crushes The Voice UK. Popjustice: The Union J single. It’s good. The X Factor often fails to deliver fully-formed popstars, but what it sometimes does rather well is push new pop acts to the brink of s... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Country folk duo The Handsome Family will release their new album Wilderness on May 14th. Brett and Rennie Sparks will be touring behind the new album in the UK and the USA. The CD release is in their hometown Albuquerque. The album is released on... more info