To celebrate the first anniversary of eMusic's Selects program, which compiles tracks from favorite unsigned or rising bands-- the online retailer gathers the best of their past and present choices into a handy CD-sized collection. Among those included are the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Girls, and My Teenage Stride.read more

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart give us a brief travelogue from their tour of Sweden, debate which punny Pains merch would be the cheesiest, and reveal their "Moldy Peaches"-linked claim to fame. [Interview: Tyler Grisham]read more

This new Slumberland band will be bracketed with other lo-fi/noise-pop peers, but they have songs that will appeal beyond the confines of subcultures: Anyone with a weakness for trebly, melancholy pop music will find a lot to like about this record.read more

-- The forthcoming Red Hot benefit compilation Dark Was the Night (out on 4AD February 17 in the U.S. and February 16 in the UK) features, like, every band Pitchfork covers. A few of those bands will be on hand this Friday, February 6, to DJ the album's New York release party. The party jumps off at the downtown bar Stanton Public, and members ...