
After a whirlwind week at this year's CMJ and the subsequent cancellation of a handful of shows due to exhaustion, it seems the xx have officially parted ways with keyboardist-guitarist Baria Qureshi. And you thought they were minimalists before. [Pitchfork]
There's a new Animal Collective song making the rounds today. It's the b-side on the newly released "Brothersport" single, and it's a live version of a song called "Bleeding." Of course, it keeps appearing in headlines as "Bleeding (Live)," and each time I get excited thinking it's a cover of "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. It never is. though. [via Stereogum]
Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish won a Country Music Award for Best New Artist. This is fucking insane. And so were the headlines that followed. [NY Times]