Soul jazz ensemble The Greyboy Allstars have been around so long they have grown into their name.

Go ahead and call your band Great Grandpa. You better have something pretty weird up your sleeve.

If a mermaid learned to play surf guitar, she could give Olivia Jean some exciting competition, at least for a little while.

As you may suspect, Peter Bjorn and John hail from Sweden, and as you may expect, they do Anglophonic indie pop better than the Anglophones.

My Maudlin Career (4AD). Review by Steve Stav.

Open Field (Rough Trade). Review by Omar de la rosa.

Pop-collagist/Party-Starter Girl Talk (a.k.a. Gregg Gillis ) talks to Omar de la Rosa about sampling, doing remixes versus Girl Talk originals, the like-minded performance stylings of tourmate Dan Deacon, and Gregg’s favorite mixed drink.

Chris Catania , in between three days of running back and forth the length of Chicago’s Grant Park to check out the likes of Pearl Jam, Regina Spektor and Rhymefest , wonders if maybe Lollapalooza is getting a little too big.

Hey Trouble/Kids EP (Licking Fingers). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Falling Out (Hidden Agenda). Review by Aaron Shaul.