My Old Kentucky — Not too long ago, our friends over at IGIF turned us on to St. Paul, Minnesota 20-year-old Colin Caulfield, who records under the moniker Young Man. Caulfield seems to draw influence from classic singer-songwriters like Paul Simon, while moving up ... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Local Natives - "Sun Hands"; At some point next year you're going to wonder how many more times you can possibly listen to the fantastic debut record from Local Natives. Gorilla Manor will be out in February, but after getting the first taste with th... more info

Live Daily — 'Tis the season to rock-out! Just ask Seattle music fans. At about 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday (12/15), the sell-out crowd began streaming into the WAMU theater for 107.7 The End's "Deck the Hall Ball." The popular Pacific Northwest radio station's annu... more info

Chorus.fm — Listen to a new *Vampire Weekend* (http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend) song "White Sky" on their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend). Submitted by Keagan2387 more info

Stereogum — Here's the relaxed, daydreaming pop of "White Sky," a song that fuses Vampire Weekend's new focus on not focusing on guitar with Ezra's understanding of how best to channel Paul Simon. It's technically the third listen from Contra (the fourth if y... more info

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I Guess I'm Floating — Vampire Weekend's Contra has a new theme to go along with its face: the band just uploaded new song "White Sky" (which you may have seen live) to their myspace page. It's not exactly "Horchata", and it's certainly not "Cousins"... it's pretty close ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — I just woke up from a nap….It’s 1:24 AM. Sigh. I fell asleep watching Coraline with my brother and sister, and next thing I know, it’s 1 AM! All those all nighters have really destroyed my sleep schedule! I woke up to the glorious news that dur... more info

Stereogum — The current crop of indie rock pinups have had their sartorial sensibilities played with by the New York Times already -- a couple of times! Fashion and buzz bands are highly bloggable bedfellows: the Gray Lady analyzed artists' fashion sense last... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — KiD CuDi released a fantastic album this year, complete with stellar tracks featuring the skills of both Ratatat and MGMT. It should (probably) come as no surprise that those very tracks stick out like sore thumbs, yet these are exceptional sore thu... more info