Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: The Album Leaf - Falling from the Sun (MP3) The Album Leaf... A Chorus of Storytellers was recorded by Ryan Hadlock in the frosty month of February 2009 at Bear Creek Studio just outside of Seattle. It was mixed... more info

The Independent — On February 5, Brooklyn experimental rock band Yeasayer continues to be the most blogged musical act of the moment, according to The Hype Machine. In second and third are French alternative rock band Phoenix and Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House, ... more info

DrownedInSound — A Chorus Of Storytellers fits in quite succinctly alongside its predecessors, and while perhaps not scaling the skyscraping heights of An Orchestrated Rise To Fall or In A Safe Place, doesn't rally represent a decline in standards either. Rea... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Album Leaf (http://myspace.com/thealbumleaf)* are heading out on tour in support of the upcoming A Chorus of Storytellers. Dates are in the replies. Submitted by jrtbighurt more info

Stereogum — Seven Saturdays is the project of Jonathan D. Haskell. A side-project at first, but on that eventually mirrored and extended Haskell's primary, Rhodes-and-drums outfit (FIRS) so organically that they were fused into the ambient and cinematic chassis ... more info

Stereogum — Surfer Blood's name is tougher than their sound. No doubt. But what happens when the West Palm Beach buzz group hook up with Baroness drummer Allen Bickle for a remix of Astro Coast's nimble frontrunner "Swim (To Reach The End)"? It's an interesting ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Adam Green>: "What Makes Him Act So Bad" [mp3] from Mirror Love (out February 16th) other Adam Green posts at Largehearted Boy The Album Leaf: "Falling from the Sun" [mp3] from A Chorus of... more info

Stereogum — This dude's the latest signing to Australia's Modular label, landing with a tidy package of promotional offerings: a catchy, moistly breezy indie-pop debut single that couldn't be better titled for a meet-the-artist track; a subtly arresting/marginal... more info

Altsounds — The new Album Leaf album *A Chorus of Storytellers*, marks the first decade for the group led by Jimmy LaValle. In those 10 years, LaValle has gone from initial improvised home recordings to five complete studio albums, from opening slots to leading ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 02-05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge02-06 Seattle, WA - Neumo's02-12 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall02-13 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre04-02 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya Ax04-03 Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro04-04 Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro more info