The Pack A.D. - “Cobra Matte”

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jj – “Let Go”

Hoquiam – “Zombies of the Sea” From the brotherly Damien and Drake Jurado collaboration’s self-titled Hoquiam LP, out now on St. Ives, in an limited-edition of 500 with hand-made covers.

Pantha Du Prince ft. Panda Bear – “Stick To My Side”

Serena-Maneesh - “I Just Want To See Your Face” “I Just Want To See Your Face” is basically a brief, catchy indie pop song, but its production and arrangement lend the piece an exaggerated depth of field implying that clusters of sound in the recording exist on overlapping physical planes. In some moments, you get the sensation of elements rushing suddenly into the audio equivalent of your field of vision, and in others, a sense of distance from musical elements that relate to and complete each other. The most dramatic overlaps remind me of how when you’d manually record television to VHS tapes, two different recordings would bump into each other, resulting in a fascinating and unique audio/visual glitch. The general effect of the recording makes the sentiment of the lyrics that much sweeter — it’s like trying to recreate a memory of someone, but not quite having your emotional impressions and visual recollection line up exactly.

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The Las Vegas Sun interviews Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara.

Tindersticks' David Boulter shares his personal history with Clash.

PopMatters profiles singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato.

Flavorwire lists strange musical collaborations.

The A.V. Club lists 35 B-side/rarity/outtakes collections as essential as the "official" albums.

Stream the new Frightened Rabbit album, The Winter Of Mixed Drinks (out March 9th), on the band's MySpace page.

Interview interviews Joan Jett about the new Runaways movie.

At the Chicago Reader, Jessica Hopper glowingly reviews the new Joanna Newsom album, Have One on Me.

NPR's All Things Considered, Time Out New York, the Village Voice, and Exclaim! also review the album.

Rank'em, a social community built around ranking individual band's best songs, is out of beta and open to the public.

If you should find yourself in the midst of a certain unique and crazy week in Austin, TX next month, I’m pleased to tell you about a special place to park your beard on Thursday afternoon. MBV has teamed up with our friends at Team Clermont to bring you the Official SXSW College Party. Come by the Flamingo Cantina, 515 E. 6th St., from noon to 5 on Thursday, March 18th. There’ll be free vinyl & such given away throughout the day, courtesy of fine folks such as K Records, Dead Oceans, Asthmatic Kitty and Hometapes. The performances kick off at noon with our old pal Lucas‘ band Venice Is Sinking and cap off at 5 with some special guests that shan’t yet be revealed, and the whole thing is emcee’d by the ineffable Excalibrah. The full lineup:

12:00 Venice Is Sinking
12:50 Jeremy Jay
1:40 Collections of Colonies of Bees
2:30 Jookabox
3:20 Dengue Fever
4:10 Califone
5:00 Special Guests

Hope you can make it…