The indie band Virginia Coalition has a new album - “Home This Year”. They’re giving away a 4 gig iPod Nano in a contest that ends on May 5. Congrats on the new release guys!

There are a million indie bands out there, but The Black and White Years are one of a very few that have managed to rise above the rest and gain recognition on a national level. The band is from Austin, Texas, which you may recognize as the home of the ACL and SXSW festivals–and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]