Conor Oberst has launched a new band with Bright Eyes cohort Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket's Jim James and M Ward.

Merge Records turns 20 this year and the celebration is well underway. Last week we told you about the five-day summer fest in North Carolina with Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer, and others. If that's a party you can't attend, there are some birthday souvenirs you can enjoy without leaving home. Namely 20 Years of Merge Reco...

The Killers are headlining Lolla and Coachella, Conor's also headed to Coachella, they both are suffering for their recent fashions, how about a track to celebrate all that. The Las Vegans are releasing a single/EP thing for Day & Age's bopping, alien-abducting standout "Spaceman," and it'll include a new bonus track, a close-captioned versi...

The Lunchbox Auction has returned for another year with more sandwich containers designed by famous people for charity. This year's crop includes designs from Bright Eyes, Michael Stipe, Beastie Boys, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, Rufus Wainwright, Tony Bennett, the Ting Tings, Ellen Page, Salman Rushdie, Gwyneth Paltrow, and the cast of "Gossip Girl" ...

'Tis the season for giving and hall-decking and so forth, and in the spirit of both, Oregon's Glass Casters Union is back with another round of indie rock-themed charity ornaments.Last year, the GCU offered up decorations designed by the likes of Wolf Parade, Band of Horses, Of Montreal, Deerhunter, and, for those bad-ass little boys and girls, ...