—Zoo Animal recently laid down a studio session for The Current’s Local Show.

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—The Airtime Collection has just released The March of Time mixtape which features such local talent as the Illuminous 3, Background Noise Crew, Mally, St. Paul Slim, Muja Messiah & the Tribe and Big Cats!

—Vinyl & Vodka has a review of Total Babe’s recent performance at the Entry.

—The TC Daily Planet interviews Brihanu of Junkyard Empire.

—The Milwaukee AV Club has a review of Andrew Bird & Dosh’s show at the Pabst Theater.

—Verbicide Magazine review the Chambermaids’ Down In the Berries.

—In the spirit of Ghana’s victory over Brazil in the under 20 soccer world cup M.anifest has released a new track, “Ghana, 52.”

—Pitchfork features new music from Shahs.

—Motion City Soundtrack will be performing at the Triple Rock on Halloween. The early show (4:30!) is all ages and will include a “Best Dinosaur Costume” contest where the winner will receive $100. Why a dinosaur costume? In honor of their new album My Dinosaur Life, of course. Also, you can now stream the first single from the album, “Disappear,” at the band’s MySpace page.

—LA Weekly has a review of Bob Dylan’s third (of three) performance at the Palladium.

—City Pages has photos of Bella Koshka’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus at the Music Box and a review of Rodrigo y Gabriela’s show at Pantages.

—Yesterday on Culture Bully: photos and videos from Shahs & Whitesand/Badlands performance at the 7th St. Entry.