We All Want Someone To Shout For — Rewards is the solo/side project of Aaron Pfenning, co-founder/guitarist of Chairlift. He has been testing out his live stuff while supporting We Are Scientists on tour (I caught him in July). I enjoyed his live set a lot, and now we got a mp3 to obs... more info

Stereogum — Rewards is Aaron Pfenning, who co-founded Chairlift and does solo stuff under this name. He’s touring Europe with Brandon Flowers in September, and the UK and the U.S. with We Are Scientists for most of October and November. For a sample of what yo... more info

Stereogum — Last week we heard Violens’ Jorge Elbrecht singing “Violent Sensation Descends” in French with repeat guest, Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek. She shot and directed this video for another alternate Amoral take, the “In The Trees” version of ... more info

Stereogum — When we posted Vivian Girls’ cover of “John, I’m Only Dancing,” I mentioned it was part of the 2-disc We Were So Turned On: A Tribute To David Bowie, a compilation that also includes MGMT, Chairlift, Rainbow Arabia, and enough other people to... more info

Guardian Music — Imagine a scruffy anorak band doing one of those old death discs like Tell Laura I Love Her to get a sense of Richie Follin's new projectHometown: California.The lineup: Richie FollinThe background: As though to prove that rock'n'roll is in the blood... more info

Stereogum — Here it is, the latest installment from Girl Crisis, an all-female concept troupe operating on a specifically detailed concept. The idea behind it was to a) name themselves as a joke on Boy Crisis and b) exist only in web-video form featuring c) an e... more info

Stereogum — Our love for Das Racist’s dadaist dipthongs, pithy wit raps, and punched-up Amitabh Bachchan-referencing rhyme schemes conclusively established in a love letter to the Shut Up, Dude mixtape (and bowling also), news of its powered-by-Diplo sequel Si... more info

Music For Ants — Apple just got done announcing new iPod Nano / Shuffle / Touch, iTunes 10 and Apple TVs (with Netflix streaming!). We also got a couple new iPod ads which are usually pretty good sources for new music (hey there Feist, Submarines, Chairlift ). You ... more info

Altsounds — 'We Were So Turned On' features contributions from Warpaint, Duran Duran, Carla Bruni, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Megapuss, Vivian Girls, Chairlift, and much more. All proceeds go to charity. Out September 14th. A project that began in ea... more info

The Culture Of Me — Sure, seeing the trembling, exceptionally dark and morose-tinged trio The xx in the daytime might not exactly fit the bill one hundred percent when it comes down to it, but, well, you’re still seeing The xx, right? Right. Appearing with Jack Penate... more info