The death-knoll for the established music industry is getting louder and louder. When you have established artists like Reznor and Radiohead walking away from their labels’ “golden handcuffs” to produce their own music, that’s a pretty good sign that the indie scene is gathering much needed momentum. A creative revolution is upon [...]

If there’s anyone out there who still thinks the golden age of the internet has yet to begin, check out this YouTube video:

Basically, you’ve got the music of one of the most brilliant composers in the history of the world, matched up with a song from what may be the most exciting and innovative band [...]

Colin Meloy of the Decemberists just released a live recording of their songs under the highly creative title Colin Meloy Sings Live! 
Brian Howe at Pitchfork compares Meloy’s new release to the previously released Sings albums (where he covered Morrissey and Shirley Collins): ”His Sings albums sound more like a fan’s love letters to his idols than [...]

Looking for a cute and unique T-shirt to wear when you’re not sporting your favorite band shirt? 
I just bought a few shirts (including the one pictured here) from Circles & Squares - they don’t have the largest selection of shirts - but they do have some really cool ones to choose from.
And they seem like they’re just a small [...]

I recently got my hands on the M Ward/Zooey Deschanel collaboration She & Him.  I’m a very big fan of M Ward so I was a tiny bit disappointed to discover that it’s a lot more she than him (after all, she did do the most of the songwriting), but it was still a delightful [...]