Ryan's Smashing Life — PICK IT UP - ROCK FOR A CAUSE: Musicians are working together these days performing some pretty sensational songs for Dark Was The Night a new benefit albums for the Red Hot organization (an international charity dedicated to raising money and awaren... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Here we have the first sneak listen of Natasha Khan's return. Following the super amazing 'Fur and Gold' comes 'Glass' a taster of album number two titled 'Two Suns' due on April 6th.'Glass' has a tribal/ afro style beat and a haunting and sparse bac... more info

All About Jazz — The 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will take place June 11-14 at The Farm in Manchester, TN featuring: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Phish Beastie Boys Nine Inch Nails David Bryne Wilco Al Green Snoop Dogg Elvis Costell... more info

Stereogum — After listening to any of the four tracks on Brooklyn quartet Suckers debut self-titled EP you won't be at all surprised to learn that Yeasayer's Anand Wilder produced it, along with Chris Moore (TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Think "2080" minus ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — After the ice storm of hell or what Connor likes to term "the white death", my power finally clicked back on today and my house had a pulse once again. Just in time too, they've released the initial lineup for Bonnaroo tonight! Looks like this summ... more info

Pitchfork — Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival is obviously a big deal, and its organizers are probably better at scoring the biggest names than any other festival organizers in these United States. Last year, for instance, they landed Metallica and Kanye West and P... more info

Said the Gramophone — Xylos - "This House We Built". Xylos advertise themselves as friends of Yeasayer and indeed it's easy to imagine that Xylos have a lot of friends; a lot of people who come over for bottles of beer and Settlers of Catan, listening to Yo La Tengo and... more info

The Yellow Stereo — For myself, the wait for Emmy the Great’s debut album First Love, has only been a little over a year.  But for many more long-time fans, the wait has been what I imagine is a more excruciating three or four years. Throughout the short time that ... more info

NME — Chairlift, Yeasayer, Secret Machines and !!! are among the acts to contribute to the upcoming Free Yr Radio Benefit compilation, which aims to raise money to keep US indie radio stations afloat. more info

NME — Chairlift, Yeasayer, Secret Machines and !!! are among the acts to contribute to the upcoming Free Yr Radio Benefit compilation, which aims to raise money to keep US indie radio stations afloat. more info