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Stranger Cat is Cat Martino, made a new song with Sufjan, played Glasslands, playing more shows too (pics & stream)

Cat Martino, in addition to playing in Sharon Van Etten’s band, was a member of Sufjan Stevens‘ Age of Adz-era touring band and released her own album that same year, which also featured Sufjan (whose Christmas music she has also contributed to)…

Angel Olsen @ Glasslands with Magmana and Bird Call (pics)

Angel Olsen‘s current slate of East Coast dates put her in NYC at Glasslands on Monday (11/12), two nights after she played Maxwell’s. The Chicago-based vocalist/songwriter teamed with Magmana and Bird Call for the Brooklyn show which is pictured in this post…

Angel Olsen released 'Half Way Home,' touring (MP3, dates)

DOWNLOAD: Angel Olsen – Tiniest Seed (MP3) Angel Olsen at Glasslands, 4/4/2012 (more by Ryan Muir) Chicago’s Angel Olsen recently released her latest album, Half Way Home, her second for Bathetic Records…

CMJ 2012 initial lineup announced

The full list of artists confirmed for the 2012 CMJ Music Marathon so far is below…

Idolator and other new websites

Idolator is the Gawker music blog Here are some other new websites * Gerard vs. Bear (funny, even to those mocked) * Hipsterotica (just what it sound likes) * Spiralfrog (music in exchange for watching ads) * The Annex (the NYC venue finally got a site) * Fontana’s Bar (no longer just a placeholder) * Land of Talk (graduated from MySpace) * Tokyo Police Club (graduated from MySpace) * Sure Juror (graduated from MySpace) * Love is All (graduated from MySpace) * Merge Records blog (Merge blogs) (I know, some of them are just new-ISH)