A few nights ago, while rotting with a watery Bombay and tonic in the crypt-like back corner of the dreadfully skeevy Lit Lounge, a musician friend went on a small tirade about hearing a feature on M. Ward on public radio that day. Much to my amusement — as this friend doesn't follow "indie" m...

Wednesday night while I was being wowed by Murder By Death (more on that in a minute), I had two friends separately attending the very sold-out M. Ward show at the Henry Fonda Music Box in Los Angeles. In between enthusiastic texts telling me about how awesome the show was, these two friends who had...

Portland's hipsterati comes out to share the love with the man who's worked with everyone, and M. Ward works hard to deserve the outpouring....

Abe Vigoda - "Reviver" (Post Present Medium)*MP3: Abe Vigoda - "Reviver" Buy on iTunes. Beirut - "March of The Zapotec and Realpeople Holland" (Pompeii Records)*MP3: Beirut - "My Night With A Prostitute From Marseille" Buy on iTunes. N.A.S.A. - "The Spirit of Apollo" (Anti- Records)*MP3: N.A.S.A. - ...

2009! Ett helt underbart musikår framför oss, eller? Det visar sig. En månad har gått och dagensskiva.com har blivit fler på redaktionen. Här är de nyas, och de gamlas, val för det bästa i januari. Foto: Hilda Carlsson Jonathan Johansson Efter att ha matat singlarna En Hand I Himlen och Inn...

Yeah, so uh … no new music last week. I’m in Delivery Mode, which means excess mental energy doesn’t get expended unless necessary. The only new studio release is something I actually don’t have my hands on yet, but will probably get this afternoon as I head to the office to ...

Vacate is the word. Arriving at Coachella Sunday, the traffic was light, the sun was shining but not too intensely . . . and the extra ticket my friend had was pretty much impossible to give away. There were tens of thousands there to see some very fine bands for Sunday, but it was not packed-crowde...

Deb Talan’s Sincerely , a live album that’s only available these days as a digital download. City and Colour’s Bring Me Your Love , which I was introduced to by Adam. 4 Sep 1967 [West Hollywood, CA, USA] concert bootleg of Cream. 1967-09-04: Whiskey A Go-Go, West Hollywood, CA, USA...

Something is in the water about everyone thinking that Matt Ward and Zooey Deschanel are super hot shit.  Sold out shows.  SXSW sweat-soaked write-ups.  Hell, The New York Times are even offering up an mp3 of the duo's track "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here".  How sincere.&...

One of my most anticipated shows at Noise Pop this weekend in San Francisco was the M. Ward collaboration with velvet-voiced actress Zooey Deschanel called She & Him . I could hardly overstate the level of love I have for M. Ward's richly layered music, and Zooey has this fantastic retro-throwba...