Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Darren Hayman UK singer/songwriter Darren Hayman spent much of the '90s in cult indie band Hefner where his literate takes on romance (and warbly vocal style) played like a Mike Leigh movie. After a string of singles,... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Morris, pied piper figure of the current indiepop scene, is imminently moving to Italy. This doesn't mean Allo Darlin' are splitting, at least not imminently - in fact they've recently been recording their third album for release early next year, whi... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Sacred Animals vs Last Days Of 1984 - AajaDublin duo Last Days Of 1984 have been featured here before (and are playing Liverpool Sound City on May 4th, sharing a bill with Golden Fable, Mount Kimbie and Darkstar); Sacred Animals is experimental folki... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Nadine Shah - Dreary TownYou know those soul and jazz-influenced female singers that are all over the style magazines at the moment? Shah's a bit like them but better. A part-Norwegian and Pakistani former gospel singer from the village of Whitburn (... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. How to dance Gangnam Style according to Psy – videoPsy tries to teach the Observer's Jay Rayner to dance Gangnam Style …2. How Psy taught me Gangnam Styleâ€... more info

Guardian Music — This week Darren Hayman explains the weird science behind his need to make a trilogy of albums about Essex. Lanre Bakare sits down with Hudson Mohawke and Lunice, whose TNGHT project started out as a fun experiment – then big name fans such as Azea... more info

DrownedInSound — You get a sense that The Violence, as a record and as a project, is something that Darren Hayman is very proud of, and he’d be right to feel that way. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Readers share stories about unusual locations for concertsEarlier this week we asked for your stories about the most unusual locations in which you've seen musicians perform. Here are some of our favourites. If you've attended any strangely located c... more info

DrownedInSound — With the same homemade production as The Ship’s Piano, Lido is an hour of acoustic-electronic pop, each track swathed in nostalgia like Boards of Canada gone busking. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Bradley's Almanac — Roughly 12 hours ago I was up in the River Gods DJ booth for the first New Music Night of twenty-twelve, once again splitting the 4-hour shift with fellow Boston-based music blogger extraordinaire Jay Clicky Clicky. While I've been doing the RGs DJ t... more info