411 Mania — Michael Jackson (like you expected him to not feature), new albums from Lou Barlow, The Apples In Stereo, Boston Spaceships, a free MP3 from a Sigur Ros side project and more. more info

JamBase — The Apples In Stereo To Release Best-Of Collection #1 Hits Explosion Will Be Available 9/1/09 The Apples In Stereo The shiny pop centerpiece of the famed Elephant 6 collective, The Apples In Stereo was born of Robert Schneider's infatuation wit... more info

Stereogum — It's fitting Portland pop crew Nurses decided to call their new collection Apple's Acre: They could've easily retitled it Apples In Stereo's Sound. It's not that the trio doesn't bring their own details to the Elephant 6 thing -- their take's more ob... more info

Stereogum — Hot off of covering Lykke Li, American Idol's remaining hairstylist victims Adam Lambert and the Not Adam Lamberts kept it indie for this week's Ford commercial challenge with New Magnetic Wonder's "Energy." Watch it here. Next week: "Two Weeks"? more info

Persona Sauna — As part of their 20th anniversary celebration, Merge Records will be releasing SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!SCORE! is twenty tracks by contemporary bands covering songs that span the label’s fruitful two decades of existence. T... more info

The Red Radio — The music of R.E.M. was celebrated last night in a tribute show at NYC's Carnegie Hall. Calexico took the role of the house band for the evening while Kristen Hersh, The Apples In Stereo, The Feelies, Fink, Marshall Crenshaw, and... more info

JamBase — RHETT MILLER OF OLD 97's TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED SOLO ALBUM ON SHOUT! FACTORY RECORDS IN STORES JUNE 9 National Summer Tour To Follow Rhett Miller Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and Old 97's front man Rhett Miller will release a collecti... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Free MP3 of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: Los Campesinos! Songs: 'We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed' Album: 'We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed' [iTunes] Sounds Like: The New Pornographers, The Apples in Stereo Download: 'We Are Beautiful, We... more info

Stereogum — As we've mentioned in the past (2007), Robert Schneider's not afraid of the graceful sellout. So, no, we're not surprised that he and his E6 cohorts just scored a Pepsi commercial. (Heck, we already knew how much E6-related bands loved steak.) We're ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Throwing Muses with Kristen Hersh, Kimya Dawson, Ingrid Michaelson, Glenn Hansard, The Apples in Stereo, Tommy James and the Shondells, Jolie Holland, Keren Ann, Guster, The Db’s, Bob Mould, Vic Chesnutt & Elf Power, Rachel Yamagata, Calexico, Patt... more info