My Old Kentucky — photo cred: Faith-Ann Young (via)We've been pressing Lemonade on our weekly SIRIUS XM show a lot lately. We even picked them to be one of our "Most Likely To Suceed" bands of 2009. So, we were really happy to see Pitchfork give them an 8.3 today. ... more info

My Old Kentucky — As we said previously, sure, there are a lot of obvious records and and artists to look forward to in 2009, but who are the ones that are going to come out of nowhere and knock your socks off? Alela Diane still remains firmly under the radar outside... more info

Culture Bully — =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [The Most Overlooked Albums of 2008 by Jon Behm] #1) Alela Diane The ... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — GvsB's weekly Sirius XM Blog Radio program airs today at noon (and again at midnight) EST on the new Sirius XMU. This week's episode features new music from SALEM, Nite Jewel, Arthur Russell, WAVVES, Alela Diane, Reverend Green featuring Antony and K... more info

Paste Magazine — Nevada City, Calif. singer/songwriter Alela Diane released her first album, The Pirate's Gospel, in 2006. Two years later, its haunting folk still lingered enough to land her a spot among the Best of What's Next , but we couldn't be happier that R... more info

The Lipster — Alela Diane’s first solo record attracted a bucketload of plaudits, and quite right too, because it is very beautiful. She also happens to be a thoroughly nice lady who fancies running her own B&B. Alela’s breakfast recommendations and favourite ... more info

Nialler9 — I inadvertently got loads of time to listen to some stockpiled stuff this weekend and at the forefront of the pack is this song from Nevada City’s Alela Diane from her forthcoming To Be Still album due in February on Rough Trade. It’s got a sligh... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — So I probably should've mentioned this last week, but our weekly GvsB SiriusXM radio show is now on Thursdays at noon + midnight EST, instead of Mondays. We weren't canceled, but thanks for all of your concern. The amazing Hipster Runoff radio progr... more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — As I mentioned last month, the lovely Alela Diane has signed to Rough Trade, and will release her new LP To Be Still in February '09. The first song to surface from the follow-up to Alela's vastly underrated (but apparently huge in France) Pirate's G... more info

JamBase — FRENCH LABEL GIVES AWAY COOL TRACKS We'd love Fargo Records just for being the primary home of Neal Casal (Ryan Adams & The Cardinals) but they also put out killer music by Andrew Bird, Dawn Landes and many other talented singer-songwriters. In... more info