Los Angeles-based Earlimart is known for their well-crafted indie chamber pop chockful of dreamy lyrics and melancholy melodies. Their fifth album Mentor Tormentor was just released on Tuesday, and you can check out the album's sound, as well as some expert pancake-flipping techniques, in the above video. For more samples, there's always the MySpace, or head over to Pitchfork for the lushly arranged piano track "Happy Alone." Earlimart, featuring the String Dream Team and......

"It's easy to hate you!" said one player last night at the Old Pequliar. We're sure it was. Last night's quiz turned out to be unreasonably difficult, and we felt bad about it even as the nightmare was unfolding in front of our eyes. Average score in round 1, Geography? 3.3 out of 10. Average score in round 2, A Fine Romance? Better! But only by half a point -- 3.85 out of 10.......