Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Dead Weather - Horehound 2.) Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below 3.) Michael Jackson - Off the Wall 4.) Michael Jackson - Essential Michael Jackson 5.) Maxwell - BLACKsummers’night 6.) Wilco - Wilco (Th... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this morning (7/21), British DJ/television presenter Lauren Laverne announced the dozen 2009 Mercury nominees at London's Hospital Club. The prize, of course, is for the UK's album of the year award. First things first: In order to be elig... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Some live mp3 sets from the 2009 Pitchfork music festival: Grizzly Bear The National M83 The 2009 Mercury Prize nominees have been announced, and the Guardian lists current bookie odds for the music prize. The BBC Music Blog curates a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — AMD said...ANY MAJOR WHISTLE VOL. 2The second mix of pop with whistling:Beach Boys - Whistle In (1967)Peter, Bjorn And John - Young Folks (2006)David Bowie - Golden Years (1976)Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream (1966)Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of Th... more info

Pop Candy — Last weekend the annual Pitchfork Music Festival rocked Chicago and drew some 49,000 fans to Union Park. The lineup included Grizzly Bear, Built to Spill, Beirut, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Walkmen, Yo La Tengo and bushels more. more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — “Ready, Able” has emerged as a real stunner on Veckatimest, an album that is full of them. Last night Letterman finally put them on, and they nailed it. I swear Ed Droste’s vocals are not human. He has one of the most haunting voices in music. ... more info

My Old Kentucky — With Pitchfork and Flatstock coming up this weekend, our good friend Dave Windisch aka Mile 44 wanted to give everyone an opportunity to win some of his goods. Dave is a local boy to Indianapolis area that has created everything from movie/gig poste... more info

Rawkblog — With strings! Finally. Song of the year? (Yes.) more info

Stereogum — After being unceremoniously bumped from Letterman on account of a babbling Bob Lutz, Grizzly Bear finally got their shot to return to the Ed Sullivan Theatre. Our neighborhood heroes don't have quite the history with the room as other Letterman mu... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — The last time I watched Grizzly Bear perform on a late night show they looked pretty tired from touring. Of course, the rendition of "Cheerleader" didn't lack in the slightest and (if anything) this rendition of "Ready, Able" makes their Fallon gig ... more info