The Arcade Fire on NPR. Are those guys using the right inflection? Is it really “the arCADE fire”? We’ve all been saying “the ARcade FIRE”, but then again, this is Ohio, and we’re all basically hillbillies.

Tim has news on the in-progress Silver Jews album

The Constantines are out on tour:

Jan 07 – Boston, MA TT THE BEAR’S
Jan 08 – New York, NY MERCURY ROOM
Jan 09 – Philadelphia, PA KHYBER
Jan 11 – Baltimore, MD RAMS HEAD
Jan 12 – Cleveland, OH GROG SHOP
Jan 13 – Detroit, MI LAGER HOUSE
Jan 14 – East Lansing, MI MAC’S BAR
Jan 15 – Chicago, IL EMPTY BOTTLE
Jan 16 – Kalamazoo, MI KRAFTBRAU

Those new Jens Lekman tracks got posted.

Like Subpop? You rich? Then go buy this complete lot of Subpop Singles Club 7-inches on ebay.

Coolfer pointed out this nice limited-edition Best Of The Jam thing. That costs 50 bucks.

Barsuk posted a great track from Aqueduct’s upcoming I Sold Gold:

(If the link doesn’t work, just copy and paste it.)

I heard there’s a new Joel Plaskett disc coming out in February.

I also heard there’s supposed to be a new Mary Timony record sometime soon?