Pasta Primavera — The mysterious sounds of Fol Chen pulled me in and roughed me up a bit today.  Their new album, Part 1: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made, comes out on February 17th on Asthmatic Kitty and it’s a doozy.  Fol Chen is an LA band that wraps i... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook This pokes a crazy straw into the deep ice of the modern subconscious and slurps hard until a beautiful brain-freeze ensues. Fol Chen has a tasty way about them with a minty tang reminiscent of Hot Chip, Subtle and other quality c... more info

A Walking Disast3r — Continuing with the tradition of bringing in some of Indie/Electro heavyweights The Church Nightclub brings us LA Riots and Kid Cudi on Thursday February 19thThe Church NightclubThursday, 2/19/2009Presale: $10.00Ticket Sales Stop at 6:00:00 PM (PST) ... more info

Stereogum — We've given you the Heroes comp in bits and pieces -- the Hold Steady covering Springsteen, Elbow's U2, Lily on Clash duty, Hot Chip's Joy Division, etc. Now you can stream it from start (Beck covering Dylan) to finish (Franz Ferdinand covering Blo... more info

The Yellow Stereo — I posted on The Miserable Rich back when I first heard of them, but then I let them slip under my radar for a bit. Turns out that they put out their debut album, Twelve Ways To Count, late last year. There may already be several bands that do chamber... more info

MTV.com News — Find out who is taking home the golden gramophones tonight.By MTV News Staff Photo: TBWA/ Chiat/ Day Dozens of Grammy Awards will be handed out Sunday, but in case you can't keep track of them all, we've got a rundown of the whole shebang (... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Free MP3 of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: Metronomy Songs: 'A Thing For Me' (Sinden Remix) Album: 'Nights Out' [iTunes] Sounds Like: Glass Candy, Hot Chip Download: 'A Thing For Me' (Sinden Remix) (MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help] Next... more info

Corporate Bloggin — Candice Alley - Falling (Fred Falke Remix)Lorsque vient la délicate tâche de la promotion d'un artiste dans une maison de disque ordinaire, la première étape consiste à utiliser toute une batterie de formules pré-établies vantant... more info

Stereogum — War Child's latest covers compilation is shaping up to be the second best charity album of the year. Which is not that impressive since it's only January, but Heroes is still something to be excited about. Over the last few weeks we've highlighte... more info

Stereogum — We mentioned War Child's Heroes and offered a listen to the contributions from Lily Allen and Hot Chip. Remember the concept behind the compilation: 15 "ultimate icons" chose a song from their own back catalogs and chose a new act to cover it. Dav... more info