PS I Love You - “2012” In a corner of the Cavalho Forest, I kneel amid dry ferns and open the lighter I bought at a store. The flame stands up like a little soldier. It does not waver. I press it against the sunbaked bark of a fir. I do not do this out of spite or self-interest. I do it for the reason I tore the buttons on my coat; for the same reason as floods through dams, storms through skies, knives through muscle. It is not that the ends justify the means, it is that the means feel clean, rough, right; and nothing stops floods, or storms, or knife-blades; and nothing will stop me. [buy/don't don't don't miss on tour]

Young Man - “Just A Growin'” DUDE, CHILL. [MySpace/buy]

A Sunny Day In Glasgow - “Drink, Drank, Drunk” The most surprising part of this song comes at the very beginning — a clear, bold lead vocal in a Sunny Day In Glasgow song! As the song moves along, we get back into their comfort zone of soft-focus haziness. It’s a gentle slide from lucidity to dreaminess, and the shifts in the composition mirror the progression in the title. The lyrics follow a similar path — they start off very assertive and direct, attempting to talk someone out of bad behavior, but as the song gains momentum and layers of sound, the words become more emotional and vulnerable. Eventually, it’s just feelings without words, inarticulate longing and complexity rendered in sad, beautiful, epic music. It’s a very clever piece of music, and another fine example of why Ben Daniels is the most interesting and inventive artist working in the shoegazer genre.

Get the album as free mp3s or buy the vinyl LP from A Sunny Day In Glasgow.

Anna Calvi – “Jezebel” From the new Domino-signed artist’s debut 7-inch, out this week.

The Denver Westword interviews Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes about the Elephant6 collective.

USA Today lists five indie rockers who are rapidly on the rise.

Spinner explores hip hop's indie rock connections, and lists indie rock samples used in hip hop songs.

The Detroit Free Press interviews Band of Horses drummer Creighton Barrett.

Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn talks rock and religion with Here.

"There's all these kinds of parallels ... between the way we commune around the church and the way we commune around a rock show. I don't think they're necessarily strange bedfellows."

John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats talks to the Washington City Paper about his msuical project with Franklin Bruno, The Extra Lens (formerly named The Extra Glenns).

"The Palace Brothers used to change their name every album or so—it’s equal parts annoying and cool."

RIP, Ari Up of the Slits.

Spin interviews singer-songwriter Liz Phair.

PopMatters interviews Kraftwerk's Michael Rother.

On sale for $3.99 at Amazon MP3: MGMT's Congratulations album.

HearYa lists its favorite concert poster designers.

Drowned in Sound profiles 10 up and coming Glasgow bands.

Flavorwire lists the toughest moms in rock music.

Stream five songs from the forthcoming 7-disc Orange Juice box set, Coals to Newcastle (out November 22nd).

Kurt Vile – “In My Time” From the new In My Time 7″, out 11/9 (and digitally on 10/25) from Matador.