Stereogum — When of Montreal turned over their tunes to Outback, and their personae to T-Mobile, they calmly insisted that it would be the fans who'd benefit most from their cash-out. A horse on a stage and several freaky videos later, Kevin Barnes seems a man o... more info

Said the Gramophone — Vic Chesnutt - "Flirted With You All My Life". Crisp like an apple, smelling of the cellar. Chesnutt has again recruited some of Montreal's finest, members of Silver Mt. Zion who put aside their scowls and furies for at least four minutes and forty... more info

Stereogum — If you wanna do Fashion Week right, there's a simple trick: know which bars all the "beautiful" people will be at, and then avoid them all so hard. It's a simple trick that works wonders if you love to avoid terrible humans. Every so often, though... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — Well, that's not exactly true. The contrast podcast theme this week (courtesy of James! ) is "A place I've never been to." That narrows it down a bit! Narrows it down for some people, but not for me. I've never been to a ... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Been a while since I’ve posted on any kind of new music, huh?  As I’m sitting here right now figuring out what to to write about, it almost feels completely foreign to me. That is, until I remembered something I meant to mention here a few mon... more info

JamBase — Images by: Dave Vann Lollapalooza :: 08.07 - 08.09 :: Grant Park :: Chicago, IL As our writers make words out of thoughts we offer you a teaser gallery of pics from this past weekend's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. Friday, 08.07 Dav... more info

Stereogum — Kevin Barnes is already road-testing new tunes because when is KB not writing new tunes, but as usual his mind and muses are moving a few gears too fast for a promo cycle still chewing on the schizophrenic pop freakouts of the excellent, if not Hi... more info

Altsounds — From once a humble side project to now one of the most innovative groups to break out of Montreal's alternative metal hotbed, Stareblind (http://fburls.com/32-scD9A8WD/t/cid/538904/sid/72929913) releases their debut album Something Left Unexplained..... more info

Culture Bully — The three piece group out of Montreal, which plays folk-y indie rock, blasted through a great 45 minute set that highlighted the songs on its amazing LP Parc Avenue. more info

All About Jazz — RIFF GENERATING GENIUS TURNS 62 TOMORROW Queen is one of those rock bands so rippled into what we consider that genre at this point that it seems too small a thing to call them "influential." From strict radio fare to the more outre melange of Howli... more info