VH1 Blog — In what may be a recurring feature, Spin.com asked My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James to name five songs that have influenced him, and, unsurprisingly, the man has great taste. James immediately sets to praising Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth fo... more info

VH1 Blog — My Morning Jacket previewed “Circuital,” the first single and title track of their forthcoming LP, at their VH1 Storytellers taping in late February. The seven-and-a-half-minute jam includes what lead singer Jim James insists is “the greatest g... more info

VH1 Blog — When Jim James visited his grandmother for Christmas in 2001, and told her he and his band My Morning Jacket had gotten a van and would start touring and playing bars, she warned the frontman, “Bars are dark and lonely places.” Not exactly the mo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "Ladies and gentlemen, Merrill is performing at the..." That's as much introduction as we're given before Merrill Garbus herself yanks away the microphone and starts the show. The second album by tUnE-yArDs is defined from its opening seconds by fal... more info

VH1 Blog — For those of you who weren’t following along on our @VH1 Twitter feed or the #vh1storytellers hashtag last night, the Kentucky-bred, five piece rock band My Morning Jacket took the stage in front of 200 or so rabid fans to tape an upcoming episode ... more info

Guardian Music — Indie fans have much in common with foodies, from seeking out the rarest material to stressing about the means of productionDear Wendy,Is food the new indie rock? Rachel R, via email As rock has recently been declared dead by Paul Gambaccini, many ar... more info

VH1 Blog — Music lovers, rejoice! We’re bringing back one of our most popular music franchises, VH1 Storytellers, for its fifteenth season. And this time around, you’ll notice that the artists have a decidedly more indie slant than they have in previous yea... more info

melophobe — There is nothing quite like the dichotomous joy of crème brûlée: crunchy and warm on the outside with a creamy, cool interior that titillates the senses like no ice cream, cake or brownie could do . . . unless they were surrounded in crème brûl�... more info

Stereogum — All-American chums Yim and Matt have taken a fixation upon France’s caramel and custard confection to the internet. They even bought a domain name: cremebrulog.com. They’re still trying to figure out its format — it’s apparently meant to cata... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Vermont quintet Chamberlin have cooked up something good in their secluded log cabin, high in the mountains of Goshen (pop. 200). With a lead vocalist that sound a lot like Jim James (My Morning Jacket) the band plays sad songs on top of meandering... more info