Vampire Weekend surprisingly sold 123,597 copies of Contra topping the Billboard charts. The band is currently enjoying sold out shows in NYC and the UK and recently performed on the Tonight Show.

Check out the song 1915 by Moonlight Bride that comes off their self-released album “Myths” and  recently went live on iTunes. The band has an upcoming profile in Paste that comes out 1/26/10 and Regional/Midwest tour starting now. Contact: bcmclane@aol.com

Disco Curtis who just signed to Myspace/Interscope Records premiered their debut music video for “Ashley” on myspace garnering 40,000 plays beating out Jay Z’s new video for “On To The Next One.  Has upcoming Vans Warped Tour dates.

Lets face it, making a record can be costly.  NYC act Garen and his project Kill The Alarm funded his new record through the help of fans by communicating with them through emailers and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. He rose $15,000 in 6 weeks.

Need to fund a record? Try  Kickstarter

Lisa Scinta is building a youtube buzz by posting cover songs. Check it out here. Contact: jason@weareblackbox.com