Now that I have lots more time on my hands to explore new music, I picked up an album and EP based solely on their connections to bands I love- Clogs, which is a project of the National's violinist and guitarists and is supposed to be really pretty instrumental "post-rock" music, and Sunset Rubdown, which is a side project of Wolf Parade singer Spencer Krug that has a full-length coming out in spring that I can't wait for. I haven't gotten around to listening to either, but I have high expectations. Both bands are coming to Chicago in May (Clogs with Belle Orchestre, an Arcade Fire post-rockish side project, and Sunset Rubdown with Frog Eyes, another band Spencer plays with- side projects abound!).