First Aid Kit got some positive press for their cover of the Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song,” but it wasn’t until this week that I’d actually heard any of their original stuff. Someone came into CD Central today and asked for their new record and that led me to check out stuff on their [...]

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I have no idea who made this picture, but it wasn’t me. It’s very pretty, though; so good job to whoever did it! I’ve been a fan of the Hidden Cameras for a good long while. They were one of the first bands I got into in college thanks to a mixture of WRFL and [...]

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Yesterday Stereogum premiered this new video for Bishop Allen’s song “True or False” off their album Grr… They’ve enlisted half a dozen flappers to cutely dance behind Darbie Nowatka Rice (who recently married Bishop Allen lead singer Justin Rice — congrats!) Bishop Allen are also on tour at the moment, making stops all over America. [...]

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It’s been a little while since we heard anything from De Novo Dahl. In the mean time they ended their time with Roadrunner Records (oddest pairing ever?) and have moved back to Theory8, where they’ll be releasing an album in 2010. The new stuff sounds pretty good; “City Driver” sounds like a slow My Morning [...]

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Yesterday the Whigs upped the number of free songs from their upcoming album In the Dark to two. We already had the title track, now you can get “Hundred / Million” by heading over to the Whigs’ web site — or looking just a little lower on this page. MP3: The Whigs – Hundred / [...]

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Dear people who went to the Monsters of Folk show in Louisville on Halloween, I am jealous of you. Not only could it be the only chance you’ll get to see the four of them all together for one show (though I’d love to be wrong), you also got to see them cover Kiss’ “Detroit [...]

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While I’m really thankful that Lexington got Man Man for Halloween, I can’t help but be slightly jealous that I couldn’t bi-locate and also attend Pearl Jam’s show in Philly for this great cover of Devo’s “Whip It.” Maybe the best part is that Jeff, Stone and Mike all do the stiff, robot-esque moves Devo [...]

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As far as openers for Man Man go, Ford Theatre is up there with the best. They’d be better suited to opening for Gogol Bordello, but they did a great job getting everyone drawn in. They blended a lot of European influence into a general rock mix that was more often than not pretty enjoyable. [...]

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