The Music Fix — Review: The lastest installment from the enigma that is Daniel Johnston more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-31 London, England - Bloomsbury Ballroom11-01 Brighton, England - Concorde11-02 London, England - Union Chapel11-03 Manchester, England - Town Hall11-04 Edinburgh, Scotland - Queens Hall11-05 Gateshead, England - The Sage11-06 Leeds, England - Bru... more info

Guardian Music — With Buddhist chants and psychedlic battlecries, Dead Skeletons are the perfect outlet for the troubled Brian Jonestown Massacre frontmanWhat can you say about the Brian Jonestown Massacre leader Anton Newcombe that hasn't already been documented ext... more info

Daniel Johnston occupies an interesting place in popular culture. He became widely known from a t-shirt Kurt Cobain wore a lot in public in 1992, but had been plying his trade in the American indie music scene for a decade by then. Releasing his main... more info

Altsounds — Put the name 'Daniel Johnston' into any Internet search engine and you will find hundreds of pages about America's most unlikely pop phenomenon. Dating back to the earliest compilation of Songs of Pain in 1981, Johnston has spent nearly three decades... more info

Guardian Music — The choice of Simpsons creator Matt Groening to curate next year's festival is an inspired one. Let's just hope we don't get Nancy Cartwright singing Do the BartmanWhat's that noise? Oh, it's the sound of Britain's alt-rock fans exploding with deligh... more info

Silent Uproar — Etienne Jaumet will release his first solo full-length, Night Music, on November 3rd. The French electro artist has previously performed with the Moldy Peaches, Daniel Johnston, Flop and Zombie Zombie. [myspace.com] more info

Said the Gramophone — Daniel Johnston - "Mind Movies" The creation of an island, an island made of candy and marshmallows, is a futile idea to pursue. An island made of candy and marshmallows, where the laws are written purely off the top of your head, and the family uni... more info

Guardian Music — (Warner Bros, two CDs)Has the music industry ever seemed madder than it did following Nirvana's rise to stardom? Wrongfooted by Nevermind's success, US major labels began a goldrush, desperately signing anything "alternative", regardless of how uncom... more info

Stereogum — In a battle of colorful backstories, Girls' Christopher Owens offers up a lovely live rendition of Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You in the End." Put down your Johnston App and take a look at magicrpm.fr (via GvsB). more info