3hive — Here's another post from my friend Tim Ortopan: Listening to 21 Tandem Repeats is a bit of a schizophrenic experience. Each track has its own sound and feel, from the Yo La Tengo flavored "Heidi Stopover" to the female vocals on "Pebbles". They have... more info

Guardian Music — Pull your heart out of your chest and show us the scars. This week it's all about finding the first oneOur infatuation with actors derives from an emotional connection to the characters they play and the fact that we stare at them for over an hour an... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano The A-Bones, a garage rock band that sometimes features Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan on keyboard, are releasing a new record, The A-Bones, Not Now!, on Norton Records. The record release party for that disc will be... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — So far this week I've been skewing very Jersey-centric with a review of Screaming Females brand new record Power Move and my Blast from the Past coming from Yo La Tengo, so I thought we should keep the theme going by counting down the ten best bands ... more info

Idolator — I was already predisposed to like the upcoming movie Adventureland when I found out that the titular amusement park is the very one in Farmingdale, N.Y. where I spent no small amount of time when I was a kid. The hazy set of memories that revelation ... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — While people like Harvey Levin have made the art of hosting a program a mere reduction of eye-rolling and clutching an overgrown child's sippy-cup, some of us in the contemporary media want to work for your respect, and entertain, dammit.... more info

Chorus.fm — Acts for this year's Pitchfork Festival (http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/) have been announced (http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/03/pitchfork-music-festival-announces-headliners.html). They include Yo La Tengo, The Jesus Lizard, Tort... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Legendary New London, CT trio the Condo Fucks returned to the stage last March after a long absence from the Tri-State Area's concert circuit. A secretive Hoboken rehearsal was recorded and is being released March 24, 2009 by Matador as... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Legendary New London, CT trio the Condo Fucks returned to the stage last March after a long absence from the Tri-State Area's concert circuit. A secretive Hoboken rehearsal was recorded and is being released March 24, 2009 by Matador as... more info

NME — Yo La Tengo, Built To Spill, Tortoise and The National are among the bands performing at this year's for Pitchfork Music Festival. more info