Two of the year's most anticipated albums are released tomorrow, The National's Trouble Will Find Me and Daft Punk's Random Access Memories The Baptist Generals' Jackleg Devotional to the Heart, Beaches' She Beats, and Scout Niblett's It's Up to... more info

Ireland's newest stamp features an entire short story. The Quietus interviews singer-songwriter Nina Hagen. If you had to explain Kabarett to someone who knew nothing about it, how would you begin? Nina Hagen: I would educate them about the Berliner.... more info

The Observer profiles Daft Punk. Of course, Daft Punk would argue that any impression of them as people is irrelevant. "The robots are part of the fiction and it's not really interesting to see what's behind it," argues Thomas. "When... more info

Spotify is now streaming the new Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories (out May 21st). The Guardian reviews the album. Urban Titan lists the top 25 horror novels for young adults. At the New Yorker, authors weigh in on the... more info

Author Caroline Leavitt interviews herself at The Nervous Breakdown. Read an excerpt from her new novel, Is This Tomorrow. PopMatters lists four remarkable 2013 black metal albums. The Rumpus profiles cartoonist Ariel Schrag. SPIN shares a glossary o... more info

SPIN shares an oral history of the Breeders' 1993 Last Splash album. Talk of the Nation interviews Neil Gaiman about his new book, Make Good Art. On money as a motivator "Whenever I did something where the only reason for... more info

Ms. Magazine interviews author Marge Piercy. iTunes is streaming the new Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories. The Cocktail Chart of Film and Literature poster lists famous drinks from books and movies, complete with recipes. iTunes is streaming t... more info

Pitchfork gave Vampire Weekend's new album Modern Vampires of the City a 9.3, its highest rating of the year so far. Small Black's Limits of Desire, Dungeonesse's self-titled album, The Dillinger Escape Plan's One of Us Is the Killer,... more info

All Things Considered interviews James Salter about his new novel All That Is. On his character's observation that the 'power of the novel in the nation's culture has weakened' "I guess I believe it. My feelings are probably more sentimental... more info

Since today is Mother's Day, this week's prizes are two of the year's finest literary explorations of motherhood, Jennifer Gilmore's The Mothers and Monica Drake's The Stud Book. For a chance at winning these novels and a $100 Threadless... more info