MANILA (AFP) - At a warehouse near Manila's infamous Smokey Mountain dump, slum-dwellers working for a British-led charity are turning rubbish into fashion items that are proving a hit in top-end London shops. Under a dim fluorescent lamp, amid the more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Mountain Goats @ Webster Hall in November 2008 (more by Faith-Ann Young) tonight in NYC * The Loom, Kath Bloom @ Bruar Falls * McCoy Tyner Trio w/ Gary Bartz @ Blue Note * Mickey Leigh & Legs... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 12-01 New York, NY - Webster Hall * 12-02 Brooklyn, NY - Bell House * 01-12 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club01-14 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill01-16 Chicago, IL - Schubas (Tomorrow Never Knows Festival)01-18 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom01-25 Lo... more info

Culture Bully — If you are like me, the Mountain Goats have been a consistent presence with each of their excellent LP’s during the past decade, with Tallahassee barley squeaking out as my favorite from this really great artist. more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: Pelican @ Highline Ballroom 7pm $13 [tix]Following the long holiday weekend there is nothing worse than arriving to work with absolutely nothing to look forward to later on in the evening. My suggestion to you is to get ready for some serious... more info

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Pitchfork - Forkcast — Denmark's the Kissaway Trail have toured Europe with Passion Pit but they haven't had much exposure on this side of the Atlantic. That's about to change with the release of their sophomore album, Sleep Mountain, which lands next April on Bella Union ... more info

Stereogum — Owen Pallett is adaptable. If he's performing solo outdoors under cloud cover, he'll seemingly conjure rainstorms while debuting a righteous new tune from his forthcoming Domino debut Heartland ; while at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, he'll seam... more info

Stereogum — We posted Tape Deck Mountain's "Bat Lies" and "Ghost Colony" at the beginning of October, but I clearly had "Scantrons" on my mind: I like the way "Scantrons" ushers in Tape Deck Mountain's Ghost, "an album about being a ghost, thinking you're a ghos... more info

Quick Before It Melts — To win yourself a copy of Hop, Skip, & a Jump by The Mountains & the Trees, see contest details at the end of this post. Although no one will ever describe him as burly, semi-burly, quasi-burly, burly-like, burly-esque., Jon Janes’ one-man band The... more info