Annie Clark aka St. Vincent covers one of my favorite songs (“Mistaken For Strangers” from The National.

News:

Captain’s Dead offers up Neutral Milk Hotel live at the Rathskeller in Madison (5.2.97).

Peter Gabriel Covers Bon Iver’s “Flume”

Drive By-Truckers offer a download of the Cooley penned “Birthday Boy” in exchange for your e-mail address. (The Big To-Do arrives March 16th)

Daytrotter offers up a session with Beach House

The New York Times reviews the forthcoming Midlake album.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, A.V. Club Milwaukee, Shepherd Express, OnMilwaukee.com, Marquette Tribune, and UWM Post all review last weekend’s Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard show in Milwaukee. I thought the show was fantastic and forced me to reconnect with their album, One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Music From Kerouac’s Big Sur.

Alejandro Escovedo will play the High Noon Saloon in Madison on Monday, March 29th.

Girls will play the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee on Sunday, April 11th.