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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)...
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)