LargeHeartedBoy — Flavorwire pairs great novels with cocktails. NPR is streaming the new Beth Orton album, Sugaring Season (out October 2nd). Orton talks about the album with the Guardian. Sufjan Stevens talks to New York Magazine about scoring a ballet. It's taken... more info

Consequence of Sound — Also stream new releases from Matt & Kim, AbdeCaf, and Beth Orton. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Orton's sixth album eschews electric instrumentation, instead recasting its star as a modern practitioner of classic English folk a la Pentangle. Ornate but not wispy, these songs aren't merely pretty; they also convey power that builds subt... more info

Guardian Music — Sugaring Season is Beth Orton's first album in six years – a time in which she thought of giving up music. But after having two children, some therapy, and guitar lessons from folk great Bert Jansch, the Brit winner is backIt is six years since Bet... more info

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Guardian Music — The distorted, sun-bleached video for this soaring new song transports us into a desert of heat strokes and hallucinationsReading this on a mobile? Click here to view videoTalking to Rolling Stone about Magpie, the first single to be lifted from her ... more info

Consequence of Sound — The opening track to Sugaring Season. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Singer-songwriter Beth Orton plays a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR Music. The Toronto Star notes the proliferation of book clubs, both online and in person. The Wall Street Journal profiles the band Antibalas. Happily for fans of the Afrobeat sound,... more info

Guardian Music — This year's bleak summer is making winter an even doomier prospect. Blissful folkie Beth Orton should sweep up those winter blues (5 Dec, Islington Chapel, N1; 9 Dec, Manchester RNCM) ...Before then, rock out to US psych garage wonderboy Ty Segall (3... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Jay-Z shows at Barclays Center go on AmEx presale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the Down shows at Best Buy Theater and Starland Ballroom go on AmEx presale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the... more info