Camera Obscura: quiet release of If Look...
Camera Obscura quietly released an EP/single for If Looks Could Kill, the third single for Let's Get Out Of This Country. The EP, titled after the single, offers up two additional songs: Hands Up Baby, and Alaska. The EP was released via Elefant Records in Europe and Merge Records in North America... 
Menomena and the Muppets...
Menomena, celebrated the release of their latest album, Friend and Foe, on Sunday. The band has released an EP/single and an LP via Film Guerrero before inking a deal with Barsuk Records. Film Guerrero, a label based in Portland, will continue to release their EPs, vinyl, and merchandise, while future... 
A Hawk and a Hacksaw to release EP and t...
A Hawk and a Hacksaw's Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel) and Heather Trost continue to explore their European musical influences. The band will move to Budapest, Hungary in February, "for the foreseeable future," to record an EP with The Hun Hangar Ensemble. The album will combine traditional... 
Band of Horses: recording new album...
Band of Horses members, Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett and Rob Hampton, will begin recording their sophomore disc in March at Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina. Phil Ek is producing the album, the ears behind their Sub Pop debut Everything All The Time. Ben Bridwell and Creighton Barrett... 
Buildings Breeding: self-titled debut...
Indie rockers and lo-fi fiends are beginning to buzz about Buildings Breeding. On January 23 the band released their debut album through Mushpot Records, as the label's first full-length release. Originally planned to be released under the title Married to the Sea… Carried to Land, the band... 
Lovedrug: granted release from Columbia ...
Michael Shepard and Lovedrug was granted release from Columbia Records. The band's press release from The Muse Box reveals that "a revolving door of key figures at the label took its toll," which became the central reason why Everything Starts Where It Ends was delayed from a planned 2005... 
Sigur Ros: recording new album...
Sigur Rós is recording their follow-up to Takk…, and "expect to finish it" this year. This album may be released in 2007, though "nothing is confirmed at this point." This will be Sigur Rós' fourth full-length album since they formed in 1994. Georg Holm, bassist for... 
The Arcade Fire: Neon Bible on March 5...
Fans continue to be teased with details for The Arcade Fire's new album, and anticipation is boiling over. March 5 is the date that Neon Bible will be released in Europe, and North America will have it in their hands on March 6. Win Butler from Arcade Fire appeared in a humorous mock-infomercial... 
Efterklang: Under Giant Trees EP on Apri...
Efterklang is releasing a "mini-album" called Under Giant Trees through The Leaf Label on April 2. This five song EP is a teaser of sorts for their full-length coming in the fall of 2007. After touring heavily in 2005 the band took a break from the road and spent the entire year in their recording... 
The National: new album in May...
The National have been working on their new album since June 2006, looking at a May 2007 release. In the fall of 2006 The National played a short tour, between recording their new album. During the tour they debuted a few new National songs. When Alligator was released in 2005, it was widely embraced... 

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