411 Mania — Method Man arrested, Jay Reatard's band quits, Jay-Z wants Liam Gallagher, the Daniel Johnston video game, Joey Ramone's brother and Stewart Copeland hit the books (movies?), Fatboy Slim and Rufus Wainwright prep albums, Paul McCartney gets live and ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Mike Dougthy can write a song about anything, but he it gets better when he is pissed off or wants to hammer home some truths. His new album Sad Man Happy Man starts with yet another songs about a Nectarine, but the rest of the album has more mea... more info

Guardian Music — The reclusive singer's imagery and music, including cartoon frogs and demons, feature on a new iPhone app called Hi, How Are You?Forget Guitar Hero – the art and music of Daniel Johnston, a reclusive singer-songwriter who does not even own a t... more info

NME - Radar — Dan Hall (aka The Cabin Fever) is the hardest working stoner on the south coast. His idol is Daniel Johnston: Now most of his time is spent out of secure accommodation, his days are sandwiched full of creating reams of his own homemade video mast... more info

Songs:Illinois — Andrew Phillip Tipton is an anti-folk artist of the finest caliber. His previous albums combine the strangeness of Daniel Johnston with the occasional tunefulness of Jonathan Richman. It’s an odd mixture and now that the new record is a nautical ... more info

Stereogum — Not to mention Bush, Megadeth, and Public Enemy. Last week we reported that the Nirvana frontman has been licensed as a videogame character, complete with Daniel Johnston t-shirt. Frances Bean's rent isn't gonna pay itself, ya know? The game, Guit... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Daniel Johnston - "Freedom"; A lot different is a bit of an understatement when talking about the changes found on this first track from Johnston's upcoming album Is and Always Was. The song has a much fuller, hi-fi sound that goes against all the po... more info

411 Mania — Plenty of new music, including Daniel Johnston, Tegan and Sara, Bob Dylan, Portishead (kind of), Massive Attack, The Who and Scissor Sisters, along with a large mass of new music merchandise, potential films about Jimi Hendrix and Brian Epstein, thou... more info

411 Mania — Thoughts on the Tyondai Braxton and The XX albums, Deerhunter and Oneida live. Plus, news on the new Built To Spill record, new Atlas Sound music, a new R.E.M. live collection, Patrick Wolf apologies, a new album from Do Make Say Think, a gigantic M... more info

Stereogum — It seems Daniel Johnston's going for a hi-fi sound on the forthcoming Is and Always Was, the legendary (and at one-time solitary) songwriter/artist's first proper collection in six years. Shifting things up, Johnston worked closely with Beck/Brendan ... more info