Guardian Music — A Vancounver-based blogger writes about 'a life in love with music'Who are you and what's your blog called?I'm Mikala Taylor and my site's called BackstageRider.Where are you based?Vancouver, Canada but I have a lot of readers in the US and the UK.De... more info

Totally Fuzzy — After performing with the xx, Yuck, Male Bonding, Warpaint, and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur, London-based Irish sister duo 2:54 have signed to Fat Possum. Their woozy debut EP, Scarlet, which drops stateside Monday (it's been out in... more info

Stereogum — Via @goldenvoice, up above is the slate of shows taking place during the two Coachella weekends (full lineup here), and it’s a pretty stacked roster, including the likes of Bon Iver, Neon Indian, ASAP Rocky, Jeff Mangum (at the Orpheum the day afte... more info

Stereogum — A couple of months ago, we heard a cut called “Tomorrow” from Yuck bassist Mariko Doi who dwells under the name Parakeet in this particular solo jaunt. Today, that track has a video, which utilizes two always-effective music video motifs: a nicel... more info

Guardian Music — Each week we invite a reader to tell us about the songs they've been listening to recentlyEach week we'll be inviting a reader to share with us a playlist of songs they've been listening to recently. This week it's Thomas Doyle. If you like the cut o... more info

Stereogum — Yuck frontman Daniel Blumberg sometimes records solo as Oupa; we recently posted his Smog cover. And now he’s teamed up with one Tony Crow to record a gorgeous acoustic cover of “Backwords,” a piece of breezy, blissy synthpop from Porcelain Raf... more info

Guardian Music — Our indie professor is so indie she signed up for a holiday on a boat with Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh and Weezer. And she's such a professor, she wrote an end-of-term report about it ...One of the things I love about a destination festival is that it takes... more info

Dlisted — Seen here looking like a 45-year-old desperate divorced mother of two trying to pick up young meat at Spring Break in Daytona Beach, FL by luring them in with her really cool (served in a chilled tumbler of sarcasm) trucker hat, the Falcor of the sou... more info

Stereogum — Like her Yuck bandmate Daniel Blumberg, bassist Mariko Doi has her own band going on the side, a band called Parakeet with The History Of Apple Pie‘s James Thomas. Their first single is called “Tomorrow” and it’s a swirling guitar jam with Ma... more info

Powerpopulist — There must always be a catalyst, right? (The correct answer = "Right.") In this case it's finding one of our latest eMusic purchases over at mp3hugger (see below). As previously noted, the hugger don't keep 'em posted for more than a few days, so go ... more info