Stereogum — When we’ve covered LA-based composer Jherek Bischoff in the past, his name has tended to appear on the back side of an ampersand. He’s assisted David Byrne, Sondre Lerche, and Amanda Palmer plus Pixies and the Roots, but his own solo work is well... more info

Dlisted — Cloris Leachman (90) Luke Friend (20) Travis Scott (24) Dianna Agron (30) Gal Gadot (31) Lilly Ghalichi (33) Kirsten Dunst (34) Drew Seeley (34) Kunal Nayyar (35) Amanda Palmer (40) Johnny Galecki (41) Jeff Timmons (43) Adrian Pasdar (51) David Misca... more info

Obscure Sound — The Cheek of Her is London-based Helen Dooley, a singer-songwriter whose style blends the combustible orchestral-pop of Amanda Palmer with the melodically enthralling angst of PJ Harvey, two comparisons that make for an accessible but uniquely affect... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — PLUS: Stream Amanda Palmer & Jherek Bischoff's new Bowie covers EP photo: Pixies in Asbury Park in 2015 (more by PSquared) The lineups for the David Bowie tribute shows at Carnegie Hall (3/31) and Radio City (4/1) have been expanded.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis John Grant will release his third solo album, titled Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, on October 2 via Bella Union. That's the cover art, above. The album was recorded in Dallas with producer John Congleton (St Vincent, Franz... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Haruki Murakami's advertorial short stories. Forbes interviewed singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer about crowdfunding. Bustle recommended literary podcasts. Stream a new Milk Carton Kids song. Paula Hawkins talked to the Guardian about writing her novel... more info

Stereogum — There’s a new Amanda Palmer feature at Forbes in which she discusses her recent crowdfunding exploits at Patreon, Spotify, Taylor Swift, and much more. But the most interesting (read: outrageous) part of the story is when Palmer reiterates that she... more info

Nialler9 — Already announced this past week? Manu Chao, Sufjan Stevens, Amanda Palmer, Valentia Island, Body & Soul additions… One-off shows Matthew E. White is coming for a show and a chat with Banter on Monday 4th May in Twisted Pepper. The talk begins at ... more info

Nialler9 — Amanda Palmer is coming to Ireland this summer as part of her “An Evening with Amanda Palmer” series of gigs. The dates are: Saturday June 13th – The Academy, Dublin Sunday June 14th – The Limelight 1, Belfast Tickets go on sale this Friday ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis David Byrne (via @estee_p) Alexis Krauss (via @iambrianscottk) Sharon Jones & Davied (via @sharonjones) Last night was the David Byrne tribute show at Carnegie Hall which brought out a host of cool musicians to perform songs by... more info