LHB’s Shorties (Obi Best, Morrissey, and More)

Cincinnati CityBeat profiles Alex Lilly and her band, Obi Best.

Lilly and Obi Best live up to those stellar accolades on Capades, as they seamlessly weave together chirpy dream Pop, ephemeral Electronica, propulsive Indie Rock and expansive Synth Pop, like a Vulcan mind meld of The Cardigans, The Cranberries, Feist and ARS, co-produced by Brian Eno and Todd Rundgren with equal appreciation for quirk and accessibility.

Drowned in Sound is profiling Low's career by reviewing the band's albums over the years.

paidContent.org examines the conflict between digital music companies and music labels.

Daytrotter's Wednesday session features in-studio mp3s from Ireland's Bell X1.

Southern Shelter is sharing mp3s of an Athens Elf Power show from earlier this month.

Amazon MP3 is selling Morrissey's new 12-track Years of Refusal album for only $3.99.

SF Weekly shares 25 unknown facts about 2009 Noise Pop artists.

Seattlest has the 2009 Sasquatch Festival lineup.

Amazon MP3 is offering a free 4-track Stax Records sampler album.

TIME's list of 2009's top 25 blogs includes one of my favorite music websites, Said the Gramophone.

WNYC features a solo in-studio performance by M. Ward.

- David Gutowski