Stereogum — Brooklyn-based Holly Miranda is about to release the Dave Sitek-produced The Magician's Private Library. You might remember her name from the Jealous Girlfriends. When she opened for the xx in Italy. Or, more close to her home, for Vampire Weekend at... more info
Live Daily — Feist [ tickets ], Usher [ tickets ], The Roots and The Fray head a list of top musical talent that will appear on a nightly basis at Whistler Medals Plaza during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
The performances will take place each night from... more info
Guardian Music — This anti-folk singer has been bigged up by Kanye West for her enchanting falsetto and sonically ambitious solo debutHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Holly Miranda (vocals, instruments).The background: We've been putting off writing about Holly Miranda... more info
Stereogum — Folks have been waiting a long while for Wisconsin-to-Brooklyn BTW Inlets to follow 2006's The Vestibule EP. It's not like he disappeared. There have been some stirrings. In April of '08 we posted "Your Good Arm," a song that now shows up at the end ... more info
Stereogum — Australia's Triple J has a good thing going with the segment it's dubbed Like A Version, semi-regularly coaxing artists to record an exclusive cover for broadcast. One day less than a year ago, we posted up the session in which Bon Iver covered Feist... more info
Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — TORONTO - For Broken Social Scene fans continuing to wait for the Toronto collective's long-awaited fourth studio album, collaborator Amy Millan offered a new detail on Wednesday. more info
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Norwegian-to-Brooklyn crooner (and covering Animal Collective coverer) Sondre Lerche isn't shy about starring and acting -- goofy or otherwise -- in his videos. Lerche's Coney Island adventure for "Heartbeat Radio" was, we were told, "in the spiri... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Wilco, Feist, Beck, etc - photos by Autumn De Wilde Wilco will play a run of 16 concerts in Eastern U.S. cities beginning in Miami, FL on March 22 and culminating in Pittsburgh, PA on April 11. The concerts are... more info
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — 50. Love Is All - "Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up"; Sweden had itself a big time decade, mostly thanks to the pop tunes coming out of the country, and Love Is All definitely falls into that category. Of course their tunes also featured a bit more of a r... more info
Live Daily — Indie rockers Yeasayer [ tickets ] have mapped a spring North American headlining tour to help support the band's forthcoming sophomore studio set, "Odd Blood."
The Brooklyn-based group will visit 27 cities on the trek, which kicks off April 3 in ... more info