Altsounds — Liverpool based four-piece, Screaming Lights, release a new single, the double A sided *Phenomena* / *Grandfather Clock* through Anti- Records on Monday 13th April and will be available to download one week earlier on April 6th . In January the ban... more info

Radio Exile — The video for “People Got a Lotta Nerve”, the first single from Middle Cyclone, features some really elegant art work/animation of animated whales and tigers and elephants, so the video is cute enough to hold your attention if you’re not diggin... more info

Buzzgrinder — Don't know if this video will get Josh's motor revving, since the only footage of Neko Case in this video is animated. And it represents her as a tween here, from what I can tell. Then again, cartoon tweens rev some folks motors. It takes all kinds; ... more info

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Mercury News, California — The album is subtitled '12 Songs for Music Lovers,' and they stretch across much of the 20th century, from the bordello blues of Bessie Smith's title tune forward to Neko Case's 'Hold On, Hold On' and 'Dear God Please Help Me' from another of Faithfu... more info

Chicago Tribune — A.C. Newman can't lose. Along with former Chicagoan Neko Case, the Canadian vocalist/guitarist anchors the indie-rock supergroup New Pornographers. In his spare time, he moonlights as a solo artist, making deceivingly minimalist pop songs that sound ... more info

Idolator — A number of things — being in NYC during SXSW week, the request from a friend that I write about some "college bands" during my short tenure here, my complete disenchantment with bands that the kids love (like the previously mentioned Vampire Week... more info

MTV.com News — Songwriter/producer The-Dream edges out U2 for #2.By Gil Kaufman Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted Photo: Sony BMG Despite a strong debut last week, U2 have been replaced at the top of the Billboard albums chart by a resurgent Kelly Cl... more info

All About Jazz — The Greek Theatre and the Gibson Amphitheatre have announced their forthcoming summer concert series for 2009, along with an expanded edition of their Premiere Marquee Club perks package. Among the notable headliners this season at the Greek are a... more info

Guardian Music — Neko Case talks to Leonie Cooper about the ups and downs of being a country singer raised on rockEight years ago, Neko Case played a "plaza party" at the home of country music, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. It didn't go well: partway th... more info