Mr. Devendra Banhart is the second most prolific, strangely forenamed and generally good-looking young folk artist (after the Confabulators’ favorite banjoist/flautist Sufjan Stevens, of course). Coincidentally, he also has a new album coming out on September 13th through Young God Records. Entitled Cripple Crow, it comes hot on the heels of his two highly acclaimed […]

Something I think is pretty awesome.

Christian Fundin and Pontus Madsen make the webcomic Little Gamers. I stumbled across their corner of the Dayfree Press table at Comic Con and noticed they had a book for sale. I wasn’t familiar with their work so I passed on it, but had I known what they were doing, […]

In tribute by some of today’s premier indie artists.

from Pitchfork:

Sufjan, Fiery Furnaces Head Rubber Soul Tribute

Rob Kleckner reports: In a shocking turn of events, we are pleased to report yet another Beatles tribute album. But this one’s different, folks. It ain’t just a big steaming pile of “Yesterday” and “Across the Universe” covers (for the love […]

from Matt at YANP(CURSE YOU!):

Decemberists Picaresqueties Update On September 13th, Jealous Butcher and Kill Rock Stars will soon be releasing a 2 LP set of the Decemberists - the album Picaresque and the EPish 5 song thing, Picaresqueties. More details thanks to Jealous Butcher’s site:

A split release with our friends at Kill Rock Stars this […]

I’ve done it, I’ve done it! Guess what I’ve done! I’ve invented a blog post that’s a good read and fun!*

I downloaded The Spectacular Fantastic’s free EP ‘I Love You’ after learning of it by way of some blog I totally forgot the name of about three months ago. This is how I preview new […]

“Umphrey’s McGee is what would happen if King Crimson, Steely Dan and John Coltrane collaborated on a magnificent bronze statue paying tribute to Frank Zappa…and then returned the night after the grand unveiling to blow it up using an extremely small, homemade thermonuclear device.”

So states the band’s bio on Madison House Publicity, and who am […]