L.A. Times - Entertainment — Perspective: Blur frontman Albarn and Everything But the Girl's Watt release intimate, low-key solo albums, while the Pixies stick with the familiar.The lead cut on the new Pixies album is called "What Goes Boom?," and one answer to that question is ... more info

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Core News — “DJ and producer Ben Watt returns to the 6 Mix exploring leftfield dance and electronic music past, present and future. In his latest show for 6 Music, Ben picks some of his favourite tracks of the year so far and plays some music which has influen... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ben Watt & Bernard Butler (via Ben's Facebook) Everything But the Girl guitarist Ben Watt had to postpone his NYC and LA shows due to visa issues but those shows -- his first-ever solo headlining in the U.S. -- have... more info

The Telegraph — Ben Watt moves into the spotlight with flowing melodies and woven instrumentation, says Neil McCormick more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Everything But the Girl's Ben Watt was to play his first-ever U.S. solo shows (with onetime Suede guitarist Bernard Butler backing him) this coming week -- including two in NYC -- in support of his new solo album, Hendra.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — After four months of being closed for renovations and soundproofing (a mere week after they first opened), Rough Trade's music venue finally has the green light to reopen. Tonight (3/21) there's two shows: Rathborne and Streets of Laredo early... more info

Pop Candy — The former half of Everything but the Girl has a solo album on the way; hear a new track. more info

The Telegraph — Helen Brown is moved by 'Romany and Tom', Ben Watt's humane attempt to make sense of his mother and father's lives     more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Everything But the Girl's Ben Watt will have a busy 2014. Next week (2/13), he'll release his second book, Romany & Tom, which is about his parents in post-war England. His last book was 1996's Patient, which... more info