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

JamBase — 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 Howl... more info

Stereogum — Now in it's third year, Denver's Monolith Festival has laid out its plan to lure the mountain west region's indie minded music fans to Red Rocks for a noteworthy weekend of bloggable bands. Headlining the two-day festival are Yeah Yeah Yeahs and t... more info

JamBase — Monolith Announces 2009 Lineup Indie Rock Fest Set To Go Down September 12 & 13 at Red Rocks The final touches are being put on the lineup of the Monolith Music Festival which includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, MSTRKRFT, Phoenix, The Walkmen, Hea... more info

Stereogum — There's a new viral promo for the FX series featuring fans singing "Dayman." Videogum calls it the "Single Ladies" of bored middle class white children with great taste in low budget cable market comedy programming! Ted Leo and of Montreal are in it! more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Pitchfork interviews Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors. of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes talks to The Skinny. This weekend's updates to the 2009 Bonnaroo downloads page include an mp3 set by the Tangiers Blues Bands and a lossless download of the.... more info

Stereogum — For its official single, the Faint's Todd Fink and Jacob Thiele, aka Depressed Buttons, put a dark dance spin on Skeletal Lamping's "Our Elegant Caste." Listen at Nashville Nights. Or take it both ways: The EP, which comes with an acoustic take as we... more info