The EAR FARM CMJ Day Party is today from 1-6pm at Pianos!

Print out your Idolator CMJ 2008 Bingo cards for added fun throughout the week

And Stereogum attempts to throw together a CMJ guide

Tapes ‘n Tapes reveal upcoming winter tour dates, hitting NYC on 2/25 (Bowery Ballroom)

Judge declares mistrial in Britney Spears case

Payola is apparently alive and well and still keeps indie bands’ music off the air?

Alina Simone interviews Mark Everett from EELS over on Largehearted Boy

Music site Lala.com to “lease” songs for a dime

Impose interviews Parts & Labor on the eve of their new album’s release

R.I.P. Rudy Ray Moore, the “Godfather of Rap”

Small town mayor to Ben Folds: we will bury you