Daniel Johnston

Quick Before It Melts — I love a good cover song, and this one definitely qualifies.  Headless Heroes is a project covering some obscure and not-so-obscure artists, and features Alela Diane doing a great version of Nick Cave’s “Nobody’s Baby Now”, one of my favou... more info

411 Mania — Loads of Sonic Youth videos, an essay on Daniel Johnston, New Orleans and shit jobs, Wilco’s new record, ATP NY, Fork fest, R.E.M. reissues and more. more info

Buzzgrinder — Alt-crafters Sublime Stitching recently released a collection of embroidery patterns containing the artwork of Daniel Johnston (who I had to miss at this year's Good Folk Festival, sadly). So now you can tear that alligator off your polo shirt and re... more info

Pop Candy — I'm not really a crafty person, but the folks at Sublime Stitching may get me to start using a needle and thread ... for fun. The website has posted embroidery patterns based on the drawings of singer/songwriter Daniel Johnston, and... more info

JamBase — Austin City Limits 2009 | October 2-4 | Zilker Park | Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival has announced the lineup for the 2009 event. Set to go down October 2-4 at Zilker Park in Austin, TX, the festival features 130 bands on 8 stages ov... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Daniel Johnston has always been one of my favorite singer-songwriters. If you have followed is music career (or seen the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston), you know he has shown his artwork worldwide. Like Johnston's songs, his artwork.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Leia Jospe These Arms Are Snakes / Thao / Daniel Johnston & Hymns Thirteen bands were scheduled to play the BrooklynVegan / Agency Group day party in Austin on Thursday, March 19, 2009. Twelve ended up playing -... more info

Guardian Music — Beneath the mumbly, muted exterior of the American singer-songwriter M Ward lies a man of many passions. In our brief time together he admires not only the Sam and Dave track spilling out of the cafe speakers, but also the Rothko exhibition at Tate M... more info

JamBase — ANOTHER SWELL SLAB OF WONDERFULLY WRANGLED ROMANCE After last year's free cover tune celebration of amorous, loincloth clad cherubs, Love Will Reign Supreme, the slyly terrific Mobius Band blows listeners another kiss with a new free-to-download... more info

Pitchfork — -- We all know Lil Wayne has his own incredible sports blog on ESPN's website, where he talks about everything from the Dallas Cowboys to Manny Ramirez to 1990s alt-rockers Semisonic ("Closing Time" is his dream closing pitcher song). And now he's gu... more info