Pitchfork — Photo by Kirstie Shanley Some might hear an Arcade Fire song-- all that sweeping sincerity and gusto!-- and guess that the band is a little pompous in real life. They're rock'n'roll saviors, dammit! Well, according to Flaming Lips fr... more info

Altsounds — New Hampshire four-piece **WILD LIGHT (http://www.myspace.com/wildlight)** release their debut album – **ADULT NIGHTS** – TODAY on StarTime International. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck, Gu... more info

Buzzgrinder — When I listen to Michael Zapruder's latest solo effort (is it a solo album if you have 15 people on the album?), I get a lot of stuff. There's some Rufus Wainwright, Arcade Fire, Vic Chesnutt, and maybe even a little Beck. Then there's the wide ran... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Free MP3 of the Day, New Music Artist: Illinois Songs: 'She's So Funny'Album: 'The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe (Chapter 5)' [iTunes]Sounds Like: Beck, The Helio SequenceDownload: 'She's So Funny' (MP3)[Get Winamp] [Download Help] Next... more info

The charity CD features artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Paul McCartney, each of whom picked one of their classic songs to be sung by such musicians as TV on the Radio, Elbow, Beck, Lily Allen, and Franz Ferdinand. more info

Chorus.fm — You can hear *Benji Madden (http://www.absolutepunk.net/goodcharlotte)* cover *Beck* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/beck)'s "Lost Cause" acoustic here (http://goodcharlotte.com/profiles/blogs/earth-to-benj). Submitted by WhoSaidThat? more info

JamBase — The following review of this, Cohen's first show in the U.S. in fifteen years, is courtesy of Bob Boilen and NPR.org: Listen to the concert here. Leonard Cohen First, this concert is historic and a knockout. Leonard Cohen is a brilliant poet... more info

Chorus.fm — Check out (http://www.spin.com/articles/new-song-beck-returns-his-roots) the new single, "Necessary Evils", from *Beck* (http://myspace.com/beck). more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — It’s a common held theory that you can’t criticise a charity record. The phrase ‘but it’s for a good cause’ is often used as a defence against a half thought out album compiled with little care for the listener and l... more info

JamBase — Sonic Youth To Release The Eternal Sonic Youth's 16th album, The Eternal, will be released on double vinyl, compact disc, and digital album by Matador Records on June 9. Produced by John Agnello and the band, The Eternal not only marks Sonic Yo... more info