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Cluas has a list of Ten Great B-sides. They've got some good picks in there with Oasis and Radiohead. You can also check out their list of Ten Great Hidden Album Tracks and my favorite, Ten Great Album Openers. Yeah, like 'I Wanna Be Adored' by the Stone Roses wasn't going to be on there!

Belle and Sebastian have announced a full US tour to coincide with their Coachella Festival appearance. Several of the shows are already onsale, check the tour for the full dates. We got a bunch of submissions for this story when it was a rumor a few days ago but I decided to hold off until the dates were finally announced.

The LA Times broke the story this past Sunday with the partial lineup for the Coachella Festival. The highlights are, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Bjork, Oasis, Belle & Sebastian, Paul Oakenfold, Basement Jaxx, Queens of the Stone Age, Groove Armada and more. The full lineup is expected to be announced later this week and tickets go on sale March 2nd. The event takes place on April 27 and 28 in the scorching hot Coachella Valley.

There's an interview over at the unofficial Sigur Ros website that's pretty interesting. It's a fairly current interview with Georg Holm and Orri Páll Dýrason. They mainly talk about recording the new album, touring the US, plus the "secrets" of ágætis byrjun.

Do you consider yourself an opinionated twat? Are you up for mass notoriety or perhaps throngs of indie blokes/babes hanging on your every word?

We are currently in the market for new monthly columnists for Excellent Online!

What's expected: One column per month, (yes, I know, pot calling the kettle black here, I realize) on any music or indie lifestyle-related topic you see fit. We have NO length requirements whatsoever. All we ask is that if you come on-board, PLEASE be prepared to follow through on your one-column-per-month commitment.

The 2001 poll results have been calculated and we finally have the results here online. We broadcasted most of these results over the Indieshop a few weeks ago and you can listen to the archived broadcast here. For those of you that want to visit the good 'ol days, then you can check out all of our past poll results here.

The next single from New Order is a collaboration with the Chemical Brothers and will be released on March 25th, or early April. It will be featured on the soundtrack for 24 Hour Party People and promo copies will include other New Order tracks from the Get Ready sessions.

I was surfing around CD Now the other day and found this item by Grandaddy. It looks like a brand new album, 'Concrete Dunes', is scheduled to be released on February 19th! Then I wanter over to their official site to get some more information and found the 1-16-01 entry in their news page.

MARCH RECORDS has always been one of our favorite iconic US labels for indiepop of all forms, and they're about to celebrate 10 years in the business. (Our best to Skippy for doing such a damn fine job all these years!)

As unwritten law dictates that all labels turning 10 throw themselves one big ol' anniversary hoopla, March has taken it upon themselves to organize a 3-day bender at Brownie's in New York City, on February 14, 15, & 16. And it's basically the Woodstock of indiepop, folks. Check out this lineup:

This just in from one of our favorite bands on the planet, OF MONTREAL: