Slowcoustic — Two great treats in my inbox (and actual mail in the case of Audrye Sessions) to pass onto you the fantastic, well groomed, most hansome blog readers around.nbsp; Shall we dig in...see below: ~~ First off Audrye Sessions new Self Titled CD showed up... more info

Persona Sauna — ...then you might like Pree. This D.C. trio may not try to be the fanciest or best produced band out there, but they certainly are making music that caught attention of the cheery corners of my ears. I know it's not the easiest thing to click a few l... more info

Rock Sellout — The good news? Modest Mouse is playing in a city near you. The bad news? Most shows are completely sold out, so you can stay home and continue to refresh your Facebook page patiently awaiting an update. What? I’m serious. Tue Feb 24 Los Angeles, ... more info

JamBase — PINK MOUNTAINTOPS TO RELEASE OUTSIDE LOVE ON MAY 5, 2009 STEPHEN MCBEAN STRIKES GOLD WITH TEN-TRACK STUNNER Pink Mountaintops Jagjaguwar is proud to announce the upcoming release of Outside Love by Pink Mountaintops, ten songs of love and hate tha... more info

Pitchfork — -- Parisian synth-rockers Cyann & Ben have broken up. Sort of. Not really. Three of the quartet's four members have already reconstituted themselves into a new band: Yeti Lane, who have a MySpace page up already and a limited-edition 7" on the way ... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — Is it just me or do there seem to be a lot of male models that resemble Barack Obama these days? I see them everywhere. I think it's kind of funny. Speaking of Obama, I came across this great blog called April Winchell the other d... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, ExclusiveWhen Modest Mouse kick off their tour Friday night in Eugene, OR, the part of guitarist Johnny Marr will be played by ex-Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild. OK, so that might be the kind of thing they say on Broadway, but i... more info

Pitchfork — -- Modest Mouse's Marr-less winter tour is now bigger and probably better than it was before. The trek will start tomorrow and run through March 15 and take the band from [Obama voice] Oregon...to Oklahoma City...to Baltimore...to New York. All dates... more info

Pitchfork — When idiosyncratic guitar-shredder Annie Clark released her first album as St. Vincent, she named it after a running joke from "Arrested Development", arguably the greatest televised comedy of all time. So it's time to start speculating about Actor,... more info

Pitchfork — Under-the-radar touring bands don't seem to make it down to South Florida too often. So plenty of folks in the area must be pissed about the cancellation of the Langerado Music Festival, which was set to bring a whole mess of bands to Miami March 6-... more info