The Late Greats — In case you didn’t know, Andrew Bird’s got a new song floating around the web.Last Friday, The Duchess and I had the privilege of seeing Mr. Bird live. It was a solo show. He came out with his violin and guitar, his crazy amps and spinn... more info

Idolator — Music Choice's TV channels, which add a bunch of tightly formatted, commercial/yack-free radio stations to digital-cable packages, are quite popular around our house as a substitute for Phoenix-area radio (which, to no one's likely surprise, is awful... more info

JamBase — "JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ASHEVILLE" FREE CONCERT EVENT TO TAKE PLACE ON LEXINTGTON AVENUE WITH KELLER WILLIAMS, EOTO and Josh Phillips Folk Festival Keller Williams MTN Roots Management, in conjunction with Greenlife Grocery and Asheville Brewing ... more info

The Lemur Blog — Buffetlibre has begun their next, second, phase of Proyecto Batidora. A whole new set of songs and their parts has been made available to receive for hungry producers to remix. I can't wait to hear some of the alterations and I wonder what acts will ... more info

Idolator — Techcrunch's Michael Arrington—a long proponent of never paying for recorded music ever because musicians don't deserve it and anyone can write a song that he wants to hear so why should he ever have to worry about things like quality control (see,... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — The Walkmen - In the New YearA wailing good time with organ-drenched choruses and all sorts of jangly goodness. One of, if not the best song from their latest, You and Me, which is terrific.Jadakiss feat. Jay-Z - Who Run ThisJada, or Al Qaeda, his l... more info

Nialler9 — A quick exit from the focus on Irish artists to this live Daedelus megamix and after the jump, a live recording of ‘The Vowels pt.2′ by Why? on the Dublab roof in LA. I love the way he plays his Monome box. Daedelus “Proton Power Megamix” (d... more info

Obscure Sound — It was pretty startling to me that, after listening to only one track from The Happy Hollows, I was able to draw comparisons to nearly every single notable indie-rock band fronted by a woman in the past several years. Now, before you jump to any prem... more info

MTV.com News — During BET interview, Kelly addresses whether he likes teenage girls by saying, 'I don't like anybody illegal.'By Jennifer Vineyard R. Kelly (file) Photo: Evan Agostini/ Getty Images In the first — and what he claimed would be his last �... more info

Rock Sellout — It's confetti time again! Why? Because our Stormtrooper Keath is celebrating his 32nd birthday today, that's why! *throws confetti* So wish the man a happy birthday in the comments! Pictures of Lykke Li will probably also be appreciated. *thro... more info