"Photo by JohnnyC!Thanks to the excellent Snakes Got a Blog for rounding these live versions up. Kissing the Beehive, as previously reported, is out June 17 - we don't have a tracklist yet, but presumably a big chunk of these songs will make the final cut. Considering the half-dozen or..."

"The Moulettes - Devil of MineThis song is about a showdown in a concert hall, a battle between holy and unholy instruments - posessed violins sharpening their bows and flinging them at one another, pianos launching heavy ivory keys at cellos, devils jaunting about scraping strings. It was a fight..."

"My attention was drawn to Frightened Rabbit thanks to the video for their latest single, 'Head Rolls Off'.And my attention was drawn to that because a guy I was at university with directed it.It’s a video that, despite the potential to be horribly twee and cutesy, manages to stay on..."

"Steve Malkmus and The JicksA nice collection of both new and old songs to chew on this fine winter weekend. Nada Surf - See These Bones - from LuckyThao with the Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life and Fire) - from We Brave Bee Stings and AllChris Walla..."

"Saves the Day: Under the BoardsAfter touring extensively with Say Anything is it any wonder that Saves the Day has decided to release three albums in three years which will chronicle "a story about self-discovery" as their press release calls it?The trilogy started with last years Sound the Alarm and..."