Said the Gramophone — Xylos - "This House We Built". Xylos advertise themselves as friends of Yeasayer and indeed it's easy to imagine that Xylos have a lot of friends; a lot of people who come over for bottles of beer and Settlers of Catan, listening to Yo La Tengo and... more info

Daytrotter — Rodriguez 5: The night before Rodriguez stopped here in Rock Island, he and his band of notable Detroit veterans played the Metro in Chicago, opening for Animal Collective in front of a capacity crowd. more info

Pitchfork — Last week, our website went on a massive bender. It got wasted on Zima and horse tranquilizers, robbed a clown supply store, and then stole a Segway, which it crashed into a towering pile of tin cans. By the time we sprang it from jail and got its st... more info

Daytrotter — Rodriguez 4: The night before Rodriguez stopped here in Rock Island, he and his band of notable Detroit veterans played the Metro in Chicago, opening for Animal Collective in front of a capacity crowd. more info

Daytrotter — Rodriguez 3: The night before Rodriguez stopped here in Rock Island, he and his band of notable Detroit veterans played the Metro in Chicago, opening for Animal Collective in front of a capacity crowd. more info

Daytrotter — Rodgriguez 2: The night before Rodriguez stopped here in Rock Island, he and his band of notable Detroit veterans played the Metro in Chicago, opening for Animal Collective in front of a capacity crowd. more info

Lost In Your Inbox — Here's the latest study to come out about coffee consumption: caffeine can cause hallucinations . Finally, an explanation for the voices in my head and the ghosts lurking around every corner . . . . The Analog Girl -- "Caffeine" mp3 ... more info

Daytrotter — Rodriguez: The night before Rodriguez stopped here in Rock Island, he and his band of notable Detroit veterans played the Metro in Chicago, opening for Animal Collective in front of a capacity crowd. more info

Pasta Primavera — Animal Collective have released their first video from their amazing new album Merriweather Post Pavilion.  It’s for “My Girls” and this has to be one of the best visual representations of a song.  It’s great when a bit of video can ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Well this just made my week. With Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Andrew Bird, and countless other indie artists hitting sales records while the rest of the industry is in decline, would it be that far of a stretch to believe that, in the web-based wor... more info