I Guess I'm Floating — First impressions of Handsome Furs' second LP Face Control: the single, "I'm Confused," is probably the only really great song on there. "Talking Hotel Arbat Blues" sounds nice, but probably because it's copping the Clash. And "Officer of Hearts" m... more info

Stereogum — NAME: Spencer Krug (Swan Lake, Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade) PROGRESS REPORT: Releasing Enemy Mine with Swan Lake on March 24; editing untitled Sunset Rubdown LP for release this summer; recording a marimba-based EP for release in summer/fall; writing... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — After much consideration (and procrastination), i've compiled my favourite songs of this past year. what follows is my 'best of two thousand and eight' compilation, in no particular order. Special mention to Chad VanGaalen (whose art illustrates th... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Trying to maintain some order, here are five dope tracks that are on high rotation at the moment.North America South America (aka N.A.S.A.) are just two guys: a DJ and a skateboarder but they have tonnes of great hook-ups. Like how the one guy is Spi... more info

Pitchfork — Face Control, the Handsome Furs' follow-up to Plague Park, is due from Sub Pop on March 10 (not February 3 as previously reported), and the press photos for it are pretty Boner Party. Well, the duo of Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner and Alexi Perry must'v... more info

Pitchfork — T-shirt design by Broken Social SceneJust in time for sweater weather to kick into overdrive, it's another helping of charity t-shirts from the Yellow Bird Project! For the uninitiated, Montreal-based Yellow Bird recruits musicians of note to design ... more info

Pitchfork — T-shirt design by Broken Social SceneJust in time for sweater weather to kick into overdrive, it's another helping of charity t-shirts from the Yellow Bird Project! For the uninitiated, Montreal-based Yellow Bird recruits musicians of note to de... more info

Pitchfork — 'Tis the season for giving and hall-decking and so forth, and in the spirit of both, Oregon's Glass Casters Union is back with another round of indie rock-themed charity ornaments. Last year, the GCU offered up decorations designed by the l... more info

Pitchfork — 'Tis the season for giving and hall-decking and so forth, and in the spirit of both, Oregon's Glass Casters Union is back with another round of indie rock-themed charity ornaments. Last year, the GCU offered up decorations designed by the likes of Wo... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — The families are in town, there is more food than a soup kitchen on steroids, and New York is filled with floating cartoon characters. The Holiday Season is officially under way with the start of one of the best holidays ever created - Thanksgiving!... more info