Our pal Amanda over at Metrocurean reports that West Coast import Cowgirl Creamery’s opening is imminent. And although we look forward to the cheese purveyor’s landing in the Penn Quarter, excellent cheese shops — such as Philadelphia’s DiBruno Bros., Greenwich Village’s Murray’s Cheese Shop, and local fromagerie Cheesetique — often present to us a paradox of choice. That is, faced with too many good options from which to choose, we run the risk of choosing…

Brooklyn’s Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have spent the bulk of 2005 as this year’s model of the Indie Rock Critical Darling. Their self-titled debut album — itself a lean and mean platter of exuberant pop — found its way into the marketplace with backing from several of the more respected MP3 blogs and critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, who put them on their Hot List earlier this year. From there, the raves were amplified…