Pitchfork — Most of those of us outside Seattle never heard of John Spalding, but the former Raft of Dead Monkeys frontman made an impact on the people who knew him. Spalding died of cancer last November, and now Seattle's indie rock scene has come together to m... more info

Pitchfork — The 2009 SXSW Music Festival, going down March 18-22 in Austin, Texas announced its first round of bands last week, and now they've expanded that lineup to the point where it now takes like half an hour just to read the names of all the bands pa... more info

Pitchfork — The 2009 SXSW Music Festival, going down March 18-22 in Austin, Texas announced its first round of bands last week, and now they've expanded that lineup to the point where it now takes like half an hour just to read the names of all the bands partici... more info

Paste Magazine — With South by Southwest less than three months away, there's been a steady trickle of details on the gargantuan festival that holds Austin, Texas hostage for one week every Spring. First, the nice folks running the festival announced that producer Q... more info

Altsounds — After debuting their new video for Red Line Season to the world before the end of 2008, and after landing on a TON of year-end best of lists, Seattle's sonic post-punk pioneers, *These Arms Are Snakes,* have just announced full details on their upcom... more info

Altsounds — After debuting their new video for Red Line Season to the world before the end of 2008, and after landing on a TON of year-end best of lists, Seattle's sonic post-punk pioneers, *These Arms Are Snakes,* have just announced full details on their upcom... more info

Pitchfork — -- Les Savy Fav-- led by the star of Pitchfork.tv's Beardo, Tim Harrington-- will take their punk rock freak show to Atlanta on January 23 at the Earl before heading over to nearby Roswell to play at a Whirlyball. That's right: a Whirlyball. Whirlyba... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Matt & Kim with marching band @ McCarren Park Pool Matt & Kim have a new album, Grand, coming out on January 20 on Fader and will be at Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 22. $10 tickets are on sale now. These Arms Are Snakes, who have been off t... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: These Arms Are Snakes Video: 'Red Line Season' Highlight: The Seattle rockers embark on the road trip from hell. Buy 'Red Line Season' on iTunes. Next Video... Read more more info

Metalsucks — These Arms Are Snakes just released a video for the song “Red Line Season” from their Suicide Squeeze Records release Tail Swallower and Dove. The Artificial Army-directed clip is a trippy mothafuckin experience. Kinda reminds me of that time Axl... more info