Stereogum — It’ll be hard to top the Tom Scharpling-directed clip for “News,” but the New Pornographers take it super sci-fi in the animated clip for “Up In The Dark,” which definitely involves interstellar travel, ominous button pressing, and some rat... more info

The Music Fix — The New Pornographers vocalist goes it alone and with stunning results. more info

Stereogum — Last night while watching something on TV (Stewart or Colbert or Breaking Bad are my only options these days, so one of those) I heard a lady rhapsodizing about T-Mobile’s best deal ever, and then heard that sermon paired with an unreasonably catch... more info

Music For Ants — It’s time for the annual Summer Edition of Commercial Watch, where I again highlight some of the songs that those marketing folks are harvesting for mass consumption. Since I realize most of you are the Hulu / DVR / next-day-on-youtube type, you’... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kathryn Calder on stage with The New Pornographers (more by Amanda Hatfield) Kathryn Calder, possibly best known for her contributions to a certain supergroup that contains her uncle, is currently on the road with Himalayan Bear on the West Coast.... more info

Altsounds — The brand new 4-day music and art festival at Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, New Jersey called the *Festival for Humanity *have announced headliners* Good Charlotte, **John Popper and the Duskray Troubadours*, *Third Eye Blind, From Good Homes, The... more info

NME - The Daily Download — There are many words to describe Austin, Texas band Okkervil River – but we’re going to have to go with prolific. Not only have they just completed their sixth album, ‘I Am Very Far’ (which is now ready to pre-order before its Jagjaguwar rele... more info

KEXP Seattle — The National are no strangers to compilation albums — members Bryce and Aaron Dessner curated 2009′s Dark Was The Night, a benefit record for AIDS charity Red Hot that featured contributions from indie all-stars all over the map, including David ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jizzrelics said... Eric Dolphy - The Complete Uppsala Concert http://jizzrelics.blogspot.com alonsii said... L'ARBRE DE LES 1000 MÚSIQUES,PROGRAMA 17-2-11 1-TIM STORY-After 4 O'Clock 2-Armenian Navy Band-agua natural seeds 3-Art ceilidh-Dos tontos ... more info

Guardian Music — Rescuing qualities such as 'good playing' from critical hell, Dan Bejar's band serve up a feast of unironic 80s fetishismHometown: Vancouver.The lineup: Dan Bejar (vocals, instruments).The background: We got ticked off the other week when we trailed ... more info