News and Notes 
Native Lights self-titled debut releasing in March
Native Lights, a Tulsa, Oklahoma band featuring members of Ester Drang and Unwed Sailor, is releasing their debut full-length album on March 3.
The Unblinking Ear Podcast Releases Compilation
The fabulous Unblinking Ear podcast has branched off to release music of its own with the 28-band compilation Serious Rockers.
Life After Serial mashes Serial theme with Notorious B.I.G.
The infectious Serial podcast theme meets Notorious B.I.G. to create a must-listen mash-up.
New project from former Saxon Shore members available for pre-order
Williams Shift, the new project of longtime friend of this site Matthew Stone (Saxon Shore, Soporus and Somerset way back in the day) and Stephen Roessner (Saxon Shore, Small Signals) is available to pre-order from Burnt Toast Vinyl.
Daniel Smith and Jad Fair rocking on the side of good
Listen to the first song from the forthcoming Danielson and Jad Fair collaboration.
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle releasing debut novel
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle is releasing his debut novel in September.
Stream the new Damien Jurado at NPR
Damien Jurado’s new record, Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, is streaming over at NPR First Listen.
Sounds Familyre Re-imagines ‘Messiah’
Dan Smith of Danielson fame and his friends have made a tradition out of releasing Christmas compilations over the last several years, but this year the project took on a more advantageous angle with a re-imagining of the first 18 movements of Handel’s The Messiah. The result is Sounds Familyre Christmas Vol. 6: Familyre’s Messiah […]