When the Morning Benders changed their name to POP ETC back in March, they announced the change with a new mix of new tracks and songs from some of their influences. On Friday, they followed it up…   Read Story »

Earlier this year, the band once known as the Morning Benders changed their name to POP ETC and released a new mixtape. This summer, they'll follow it up with a self-titled LP, and now they've…   Read Story »

Name: POP ETC Progress Report: Chris Chu talks about The Morning Benders’ transformation into POP ETC and the band’s soon-to-be released new record… Last month the band formerly known as…   Read Story »

Over the last six or seven years, Chris Chu and the morning benders have managed the relatively rare feat of making a name for themselves as an original music outfit, most notably with 2010's…   Read Story »

The Strokes' debut album Is This It was first released on 7/30/01. To help us celebrate this 10th Anniversary, we asked some of our favorite indie bands to cover each track. The resulting collection,…   Read Story »

How did you celebrate July 4th? On a rooftop BBQ listening to our summer mix? Maybe you stayed in and watched old episodes of Hoarders on Roku? Maybe I stayed in and did that. There is no way to…   Read Story »

It's not the first time the morning benders have sang for an Ann, though this is not the same one they damned five years ago. "Oh Annie" is a newly unveiled b-side to the band's Big Echo sessions,…   Read Story »

Sister Wife is pop chanteuse Alex Winston's 2011 mini-LP, out now on HeavyRoc. It's a tight, track-for-track showcase for the young Detroit native, fusing a feel for her hometown's girl-group era…   Read Story »

Early on March 23rd, main morning bender Chris Chu tweeted "you look better in blue." It took a day, but those words got some context when the band released Japan Echo, the eight-song EP full of…   Read Story »

"Last week we were scheduled to go to Tokyo to play our first show ever in Japan," begins the note Chris Chu posted to the morning benders' homepage. In addition to it being their first group trek to…   Read Story »