Guardian Music — It's your chance to hear the best of this month's New band of the day column, featuring female Brit rappers, gorgeously sad girl-pop and Manchester's answer to J DillaThere is an argument that every year contains roughly the same amount of great musi... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offAlexis Jordan Good Girl At just 14, Alexis Jordan made her name in the US on America's Got Talent, warbling her way through Whitney's I Have Nothing. Four years later and s... more info

Pop Candy — This week the Pop Candy podcast returns with some mighty fine sounds. (And speaking of podcasts, have you checked out my new series, the Pop ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Weekend Edition interviews Jessica Lea Mayfield about her new album, Tell Me. In the BBC News Magazine, Alain de Botton explains why books do not prepare us for real love. The Guardian reports that the Imperial War Museum has offered... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Two quiet voices get to the heart of the many predicaments women face.Two quiet voices get to the heart of the many predicaments women face. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Feminine reticence is a deeply embedded trait. Women songwriters in the rock era have used it strategically. Freedom is linked to noise, the earthy squalls of Janis and Aretha or the riot grrrls’ indignant hollering. Yet quieter voices can get... more info

Guardian Music — Forget Bush and Blair, we're hoping for new music from Bush and Blur. Plus! Boy George's latest hobby and a tribute to Broadcast's Trish KeenanFive things we learned from this week's music news•That 2011's release schedule involves a lot of hinting... more info

Guardian Music — Combining cute vocals with often blunt lyrics, this country singer sounds like a cross between Loretta Lynn and LolitaHometown: Ohio.The lineup: Jessica Lea Mayfield (vocals, guitar).The background: We were going to write about Emma's Imagination tod... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dawn Landes @ Governors Island this past Summer (more by Chris La Putt) The Third Annual Very Balthrop Christmas happening at Joe's Pub tonight (12/17), and the Justin Townes Earle & Jessica Lea Mayfield show happening at Webster Hall on... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - OH native, singer/songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield announced plans to make her Nonesuch Records debut with, Tell Me, releasing the new effort on February 8, 2011. The new set was produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, and... more info