Chad VanGaalen’s Soft Airplane came out back in September, but I haven’t seen much online action for it, which is a shame, since it’s just as good as his previous efforts, Skelliconnection and Infiniheart.

Sally Crewe, recipient of my fawning praise for 2003’s Drive It Like You Stole It has a new record coming out in January, called Your Nearest Exit May Be Behind You (check out some tracks at Myspace). Oh, and also? Crewe has recruited Tommy Keene to handle bass duites when she and the Sudden Moves play a string of dates opening for The Wedding Present in the UK next month.

Attention music nerds old like me: I’m reminding you that Merge’s reissue of Polvo’s Celebrate the New Dark Age is now out (on 180g vinyl, no less). Those memories of ‘94 are flooding back.

I know you’re skeptical, but ace stroker Fab Moretti’s new Little Joy project is not half-bad. Check out the vid just posted over at Pissfork: