American Dust is very excited to announce the arrival of our latest artist, Brazilian psych-garage-pop combo Garotas Suecas. These guys are amazing. Their songs pop and fizz with so much musicality, it'll make you dizzy if you don't dance.

In March we will be releasing a taste of the band's wicked prowess with the cracking Codinome Dinamite/Ghostwriter single on sweet 7" vinyl. The a-side is streaming now on the player to your left, but don't disregard the benefit of snapping up one of these limited 7" singles. If ever there was a band whose music fit the crackling old-school garage rock format of the wax single, Garotas Suecas is it.

(And stay tuned for information on a full-length of all new material to be released in the fall.)

The band will also be touring the US in March, bringing their can't-miss, knock-'em-dead South American fire to northern ears. Dates below.

Pitchfork has named Frida Hyvönen's recording of "Jesus Was a Cross Maker," off our own Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill, as one of 2009's greatest tracks. Check out the list and listen to Frida's recording right here. (She's at 77, a number the numerologically inclined Judee would probably love.)

Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill, featuring exclusive recordings from Beth Orton, Bill Callahan, Final Fantasy, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and many others, is available now.

We're really into this great new Moore Brothers video for the regal "Henry Alexander", one of our favorite tracks from the band's latest album Aptos.

Click here for more info and to purchase Aptos.

Also, catch the brothers on their current tour, including upcoming dates with Why?. Check the band's website for more info.

Our long-awaited, New York Times Critics' Choice-selected Judee Sill tribute album, Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill, is now available! Crayon Angel features original recordings by Beth Orton, Bill Callahan, Final Fantasy, Frida Hyvonen, Marissa Nadler, Ron Sexsmith, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles, and many more, all covering songs by the inestimable Ms. Sill, including two compositions never before heard.

Various tracks can be streamed here, here and here.

Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill is available through iTunes, Amazon, our own online store and fine retailers everywhere.

Streaming now at Beth Orton's official site is "Reach for the Sky," a track off our upcoming compilation album Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill. Judee Sill never recorded "Reach for the Sky" in her own lifetime but she did leave behind sheet music, from which the inimitibale Ms. Orton brings to life this beautiful song for the very first time. Thanks, Beth!

Crayon Angel, released September 22, features another never-before-heard Judee composition, "For a Rainbow," recorded for the first time by the awesome Bill Callahan, as well as contributions by Frida Hyvonen, Daniel Rossen (of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles)and many more. More information and pre-orders are available here.

The standard-bearing Stereogum blog recently premiered a new track off our upcoming Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill. Frida Hyvönen's breathtaking version of Judee's classic "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" is available here for stream and download, along with a short interview with the Swedish chanteuse.

You may also remember Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles' awesome version of Judee's "Waterfall", premiered earlier on Pitchfork.

Crayon Angel, also featuring Beth Orton, Bill Callahan and Final Fantasy, among many others, is released September 22. Pre-orders available now.

The incredible, harmonizing Moore Brothers head out on the road next week, hitting more American cities than most of us have ever been to. Check out the incredible list right here, and if you're in the San Francisco area be sure to check the boys' tour-opening date this Sunday, August 23, with J. Tillman of Fleet Foxes, at the Cafe du Nord.

The Moore Brothers' swoon-worthy new album, Aptos, is available now.

The hard-working, ever-touring Port O'Brien have a new album and a new tour on the near-horizon. Threadbare is released Oct 6 through the estimable TBD Records. Congrats, dudes! New track "My Will Is Good" is premiering now on Stereogum.

Also, if you live basically anywhere in Western Europe or the States, you should be able to catch POB on tour in the coming months. Check the band's myspace page for all the details.

Port O'Brien's remarkable debut, The Wind and the Swell, is available now.

The wry Outside Left magazine has just posted a fine piece on the Top 5 Love Songs of 2009 (So Far), and included are our very own Moore Brothers, with keen album-opener "Daughter Feather."

"When they finish," Alex V. Cook writes, "you are left with something marvelous and unique, a thing that reveals its making while soaring above it."

Pick up the Moores' awesome Aptos LP, featuring "Daughter Feather," right here.

The Bye Bye Blackbirds manage an extremely well-written and thoughtful blog called For As Many As Will. The band documents their creative progress, pitch philosophies regarding the band's own existence, and talks a little about some of the artists that have influenced them. What else would you expect from a bunch self-trained rock scholars?

The latest post describes the recording of a recent set of demos for their next album. They've even linked to one for your listening pleasure.

The band has also contributed a track to Crayon Angel, American Dust's forthcoming tribute to Judee Sill. You can find out more about the album and preorder it here.

Or, you can purchase the band's assured debut album, Houses and Homes, here.

You'll also be able to catch them live over the next couple of weeks as they play a few festivals in California (info below).

friday july 31st
audie's olympic club  http://www.myspace.com/clubfredmusic
1426 n. van ness ave
fresno, ca 93728
9pm
w/ the parties, blue skies for black hearts, sleepover disaster

saturday august 1st
the elks lodge  http://www.myspace.com/thetempleventura
11 s. ash
ventura, ca 93001
4pm-12am $8 adv $12 atd
indie fest w/ franklin for short
and many, many more (we go on at 4:30pm)

sunday august 2nd
fais do do  http://www.faisdodo.com/
5257 west adams blvd.
los angeles, ca 90016
8:30pm $8
12th annual IPO festival  http://www.internationalpopoverthrow.com/