Lots of talk about Bishop Allen, Cursive, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the new Punk Goes Pop collection. Hate to say it, but I’m not really looking forward to any of them much. A few that might get overlooked: Mirah’s new release is awesome. Portland’s repping pretty strong...

Yup, it's nice out. Perfect weather to load up this playlist on the Zune, get outside, and pretend you're in shape by doing something athletic. Then, after five minutes is up and you're all sweaty and breathing like an asthmatic hyena, get inside in some A/C, grab a chilly Schlitz and listen to the ...

Brooklyn's Chin Chin makes music to be naughty by. Or music to be naughty with. Or naughty music to do naughty things by. Either way, it's packed with funk grooves, latin rhythms, hip hop undertones and pop hooks. Cool shit that would make any Gnarles Barkley fan proud. From Obscure Sound:The primar...