Black Lips Pucker Up For Escape; Last Day For CMJ Badge Discount; Fan-Led Zeppelin Petition; Barsuk More Than Kurt; Free Say Hi MP3

CMJ BADGE DISCOUNT ENDS TOMORROW This year's CMJ Music Marathon And Film Festival will be held Tuesday... (more) HOLD STEADY, BLACK LIPS 'ESCAPE' TO BRIGHTON Festival-announcement season continues apace with the confirmation... (more) SMITHSONIAN RECOGNIZES HIP-HOP Nearly 30 years after hip-hop first exploded onto the national music scene with "Rapper's... (more) INTERNET RADIO LOCKDOWN While Internet radio may be free to the listener, webcasters are by and large relying on... (more) THE DIGGS RESTART WITH 'CTRL-ALT-DEL' New York's fuzzy guitar trio the Diggs have unearthed their sophomore LP... (more) BARSUK DOGEARS COBAIN SCORE Barsuk Records has proudly extended its first ever film-related partnership. The label... (more) ZEPPELIN FANS CRY OUT FOR WORLD TOUR Led Zeppelin will not be playing at this year's Bonnaroo—despite a slightly... (more) SAY HI The Wishes And The Glitch What's in a name? While Eric Elbogen may have shortened his moniker from Say Hi To Your Mom to Say Hi—and in the process somehow made a bad band name even worse—his fifth album is nonetheless a largely enjoyable collection of the same space-inspired indie pop as his past efforts. These 11-tracks—cleverly divided into Side A and Side B to mimic a vinyl release—flow seamlessly into one another, almost as if it's just another journey for the adventurous singer, who also single-handedly performs the guitar, bass, synthesizer and drum machines... (more) DOWNLOAD "Northwestern Girls"

"Put on some good headphones—not those ear bud things—smoke something special, and watch the clouds change into a petting zoo of animals." (more) 1. HANNE HUKKELBERG - “Cheaters Armoury” 2. BAD FLIRT - “Heart Of Darkness” 3. QUINN WALKER - "Save Your Love For Me" 4. SSM - "Deja Vu" 5. THE EYE THE EAR AND THE ARM - "The One With the Gold Tongue"

LIARS, NO AGE | WARSAW | FEBRUARY 9, 2008 With news of Angus Andrews’ back injury springing out of the Liars camp... (more) THE PENDLETONS | MERCURY LOUNGE | FEBRUARY 7, 2008 With quite a bit of bounce, the Pendletons jumped onto... (more) SHOCK CINEMA | UNION POOL | FEBRUARY 4, 2008 Does anyone know if the groundhog saw his shadow this year... (more) Which of these artists are you secretly crushing on this Valentine's Day? Cat Power The Thermals' Hutch Harris Conor Oberst Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis

AT RADIO ARTIST ALBUM LABEL 02.12.08 AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB The Golden Age Merge ANTIETAM Opus Mixtum Carrot Top AXEL WOLPH Wedding Songs Self-Released BAKER Bike Ride Top Shelf BELL X1 Flock Yep Roc BEN'S BROTHER Beta Male Fairytales Capitol BIPPP: FRENCH SYNTH WAVE 1979-1985 Various Artists Everloving-Born Bad BON IVER For Emma, Forever Ago Jagjaguwar BORN RUFFIANS Red, Yellow And Blue Warp BROOKE WAGGONER Fresh Pair Of Eyes Self-Released BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Scream Aim Fire Zomba C U LA TOUR SAMPLER Various Artists Self-Released CADENCE WEAPON Afterparty Babies Anti DANAVA UnonoU Kemado DAWN LANDES Fireproof Cooking Vinyl DEATH ANGEL Killing Season Nuclear Blast DEEP SHAG The Imp Of Perverse Response DROPPIN' SCIENCE: GREATEST SAMPLES FROM THE BLUE NOTE LAB Various Artists Blue Note FASHION The Fashion Epic FOUR FINGER FIVE Four Finger Five Terrestrial GARY LOURIS Vagabonds Ryko GASLIGHT ANTHEM Senor And The Queen sabot GENGHIS TRON Board Up The House Relapse GRAND ARCHIVES Grand Archives Sub Pop GRIMBANE Let The Empire Fall Moribund Cult GUILLERMO SEXO Magic Lanterns Self-Released HEADLIGHTS Some Racing, Some Stopping Polyvinyl HEAVENLY STATES Delayer Rebel Group HELLO MAHALO Dawning Days BandStandLive HIBERNAUTS Periodic Fable Self-Released JASON CHOI AND THE SEA Leave The Night Behind Team Grizzly LA TOOL AND DIE The Last Thorn Of Summer AAJ LACH The Calm Before Fortified MAE SHI HLLLYH Self-Released MEGAN PALMER Take You Away Sunken Treasure MOUNTAIN GOATS Heretic Pride 4AD NO KIDS Come Into My House Tomlab OUR BROTHER THE NATIVE Make Amends For We Are Merely Vessels Fat Cat PETER ROY PROJECT Peter Roy Project Adowa PUTUMAYO PRESENTS: EURO GROOVE Various Artists Putumayo RAVEONETTES Lust Lust Lust Vice SKY CRIES MARY Small Town Hoodooh SONIC SUM Films Definitive Jux SPEAKER SPEAKER Call It Off Burning Building SSION Fools Gold Sleazetone STEEL TRAIN Trampoline Drive-Thru TUXEDOMOON Vapour Trails Crammed VASHTI BUNYAN Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind: Singles And Demos 1964-1967 DiCristina ZYKOS Keep It Light Zykos