My Old Kentucky — Today is My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. Tune in at 12pm EST and again at Midnight EST!Bon Iver - Blood BankBonnie "Prince" Billy - Am I Demon (Danzig cover)Chairlift - Daytrotter Session - BruisesD... more info

Stereogum — In an entry titled "Merriweather Post Pavilion Worship," Fleet Foxes tell the world they "love MPP." We also discover Merriweather makes them want to cry and that AC are "seriously special human beings." More? Running into Noah Lennox backstage at t... more info

Stereogum — The stream-a-day MySpace rollout of the Dessner brothers' Dark Was The Night charity compilation gets a bump today with a trio of tracks, courtesy of a cute little widget player and a smattering of heavy hitting contributors. There's the Decemberi... more info

Stereogum — Both Justin Vernon and Leslie Feist have popped up in recent days as contributors to that heavily stacked Dark Was The Night compilation, and both will again for their collaborations with Aaron Dressner and Grizzly Bear, respectively. (If that double... more info

Pitchfork — -- According to AllHipHop.com, 50 Cent is working on a song with British pop star and fellow perspective-free blowhard egomaniac Robbie Williams. This will mark the end of the absolutely hilarious rich-guy tiff the two got into a couple of years ago.... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday the National delivered "So Far Around The Bend," Dark Was The Night's most immediate track to date in a lineup that's also brought us Dirty Projectors + David Byrne, the Books with Jose Gonzalez, Feist + Ben, Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, and Th... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — After much consideration (and procrastination), i've compiled my favourite songs of this past year. what follows is my 'best of two thousand and eight' compilation, in no particular order. Special mention to Chad VanGaalen (whose art illustrates th... more info

Paste Magazine — Last year brought us terrific debut albums from Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Fleet Foxes, Santogold, Bon Iver, Lykke Li, Ra Ra Riot and more. So, who’s on deck for 2009? Here are 10 artists on my radar in the new year, excluding the artists we've given v... more info

Silent Uproar — Dark Was The Night is a 32-track compilation featuring a Who's Who in the indie music world, including Arcade Fire, Feist, Bon Iver and Grizzly Bear, among others. The album was produced by members of The National and the Red Hot Organization, which ... more info

The Lipster — Imagine a Bon Iver cover. Go on. What you have imagined involved nature, doesn't it? Of course it does. But we at The Lipster are tired of nature artwork. It is dull. So here is our suggestion for a much better Blood Bank sleeve... more info