Most everyone these days knows Confabulators is made up from the decemberist message board best of. So yes, we made rad shirts for our own awesomeness. The surplus will be handed on to you at a zero profit price. This is just how we roll, sort of like the 1 ad we […]

Moon has an affinity for vintage rock and roll. From the cleverly placed ’stereo’ on the cover, to the numerous pictures of vintage amplifiers and guitars, it’s not hard to guess that these guys listened to bands like the Byrds or the Beatles. However, while their influences may seem obvious, Moon takes their […]

Luca may not be a familiar name, but the guest artists on this album are among some of the more recognizable names in independent alt-country music.  M. Ward, Howe Gelb, and Joey Burns and John Convertino all make contributions to this album.  But despite the impressive guest list Sick of Love never achieves the depth […]

A metric shitton of Scottish indie talent, including folks from Belle and Sebastian, Del Amitri, Teenage Fanclub and the Proclaimers, descend on a small new group to help them cut their new CD. The results are far from the sort of chamber-pop bliss you’d expect, but it manages to remain distinctive and most […]

Amy Phillips’ 44 word article posted thursday linking to a podcast in which the band explains themselves was a little too cookie cutter for my tastes. Let’s see the checklist: Open with a question? Check. Indie band mentioned(regardless of whether or not it’s about an indie band at the core of the news)? Check. Resized […]

The internet is full of new music. No doubt about it, websites like garageband.com, myspace.com, and numerous blogs have allowed completely independent musicians to put out their music to a wider audience (at least theoretically) and with much more ease than ever before. But honestly it’s overwhelming, and trying to sift through the […]