U-N-C-O-N-D-I-T-I-O-N-A-L L-U-V-E. From around the blogs today and earlier this week: The best post at Said the Gramophone. Ever. Little kids rapping paired with Okkervil River (featuring Daniel Johnston). Need I say more? "WICKED GOTHIC shizz" (read: Bauhaus/Love & Rockets/Peter Murphy solo) at Sugartown. Polloxniner has new goodness from The Rapture. The new Lansing-Dreiden album, The Dividing Island, is phenomenal. Get tracks at Badminton Stamps and Silence is a Rhythm Too. Cory Brown has the best taste ever, and no he didn't pay me to say that! (Yes, that's totally a reference to the interminable debates re: label influence on bloggers raging on elbo.ws...) Check out the latest additions to the Absolutely Kosher family, Sunset Rubdown (talented AND cute!!), at Gorilla vs. Bear. Plus: Recent Austin transplant, (smog)'s Bill Callahan, likes Shearwater and Weird Weeds. We like them too! Speaking of, everyone picked up a copy of Shearwater's Palo Santo yesterday, right? RIGHT? Okay, good. (Dead links removed.)