Stefan pointed out that Ten Fingers Records, Ben Lee’s label with Dim Mak, will be putting out their debut 7″ this month: Ben covering Modest Mouse’s “Float On” b/w “Heard You Got Action” by Pony Up!

Fig.1- Enormogiant John Roderick prepares to crush the wee tiny skeletons of Lee and Schwartzman (and keyboardist Lara).

All this other shit you probably heard about already:

You can stream some tracks from the upcoming Rilo Kiley record (from slatch). You can also download Rilo Kiley covering Robert Palmer’s “Simply Irresistible“.

The Beta Band broke up.

The new Ted Leo leaked.

That new Arcade Fire leaked at some point too.

The new Devendra Banhart, Nino Rojo leaked. You can watch the video for the song “At The Hop” right here.

And hey, if you really like hearin’ a guy with a guitar sing, I think you should check out these tracks by Jose Gonzalez (who is Swedish, of course). From his full-length, Veneer:

and from the new EP, Stay In The Shade:

And yes, it is true that Ronnie James made dios change their name. Makes me think I should probably give up on my idea to start a band called The Malmsteens.