I have a feeling that September is going to be a good month for music. Atlas Sound, Yo La Tengo, Monsters of Folk, Volcano Choir and Rain Machine all have albums designed to make your transition to Fall a little easier.
The most recent single making a splash on the web is “Smiling Black Faces” from [...]

Welcome back to Video Round-Up, where the SD crew picks through the flurry of videos circulating this particular week and posts the highlights.
Seems like slimmer pickings this week. What did we miss?
In the meantime, some video goodness from Bay Area locals Girls, plus Starlight Mints, Memory Cassette, Amanda Blank, Yo La Tengo, Pterodactyl, Antony and [...]

Welcome back to Video Round-Up, where the SD crew picks through the flurry of videos circulating this particular week and posts the highlights.
This week, we remember two late greats: John Hughes (who passed away yesterday, 8.6.09 from a heart attack at the age of 59) and Heath Ledger (who directed a video for Modest Mouse [...]

We told you about the rumors a few months ago, and now we’ve got a confirmed lineup for the 2009 Treasure Island Festival (with most of the rumors turning out to be true).
The two-day festival will be headlined by MGMT and the Flaming Lips. As with the past two years, the folks at Another Planet [...]

Whenever the moon is just right, the Vague Panther picks his favorite MP3s from the web to bring you the “In the Know” series. If you’ve got a tip that might pique his interest email him at vaguepanther(at)strangerdance.com.

Yo La Tengo – “Periodically Double or Triple”
Yo La Tengo recently set the release date of their 12th [...]

I have a good feeling about these picks despite their unlucky number. Who would have thought that Peter, Bjorn and John’s new LP Seaside Rock would be an instrumental? Not I. But then again they’re from Sweden, so I guess that makes it ok.
I was also inspired by today’s David Byrne & Brian Eno release [...]

Last night I caught the cryptic Bob Dylan biopic, I’m Not There, for the first time. As you probably already know it features “six distinct stages of Dylan’s public life and persona portrayed by an ensemble cast: Marcus Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere and Cate Blanchett.” (source). What exactly does that [...]