Chorus.fm — *We Are the Union* (http://absolutepunk.net/wearetheunion) have broken up. We've decided to take a hiatus from active status. This does indeed mean we will not be playing Block Party in New Orleans. Usually this type of announcement would be accom... more info

Dlisted — When President Obama strutted down the aisle at the State of the Union Address last night, I was wondering why his main back-up dancers, Beyonce and Oprah, weren't sashaying behind him. But now I know why. The Empresses of the United States had ... more info

Sky News — Barack Obama opens his State of the Union address by saying that after a decade of war America's troops are coming home. more info

Starpulse — Militant NRA spokesman and outspoken Obama opponent Ted Nugent is heading to Washington, D.C., to sit in on the State of the Union address. Bad idea? more info

Rollo & Grady — Feeding People RECOMMENDED SHOWS :: January 7th – January 13th Monday, January 7th Feeding People with Gap Dream and Blackfeet Braves @ The Echo Tuesday, January 8th Criminal Hygiene @ Harvard and Stone Wednesday, January 9th The Union Line w/ The... more info

DrownedInSound — The sound of one man noodling around in a very fluid way on a guitar? It doesn’t, on the surface, sound terribly appealing. And yet it is, and it works.... Like all the best ambient music, you can stick The Union / A Hem of Evening on in the backgr... more info

KEXP Seattle — The Union Square Ballroom was packed tight with a reverent and enraptured audience for The Antlers‘ set during KEXP’s broadcast at CMJ.  The Brooklyn band mesmerized listeners with a soulful and atmospheric mix of songs from their 2012 EP, Unde... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Unhappy with the current state of ska music, We Are The Union decided to stick out their own necks and tried to change things for the better since the summer of 2005. We Are The Union's "You Can't Hide The Sun"!, out now on Paper + Plastick... more info

Chorus.fm — You can now stream *We Are The Union* (http://absolutepunk.net/wearetheunion)'s new album, You Can't Hide The Sun on Alt Press (http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/album_premiere_we_are_the_union_you_cant_hide_the_sun). more info

Guardian Music — Linbury Studio, LondonThe Union Jack bunting looks awfully familiar – and indeed, if anyone foolishly wanted to update Albert Herring then 2012 would be the year, with the Loxford May Day feast as an early Jubilee street party and Mrs Herring as th... more info