Guardian Music — As it is the season of goodwill, Maggoty Lamb devotes his – or her – latest dispatch from the frontline of music journalism to handing out some end-of-year awards, and is pretty nice to everyone, except perhaps the GuardianAs if the opportunity t... more info

Guardian Music — From the front page to the crossword, you sent us songs about the printed pressThe first thing we see when we look at a newsstand are the headlines. And a memorable headline is like a catchy chorus. It can define a subeditor's career as a No 1 single... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bill Callahan @ MHOW in July (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook returns to the elegant Allen Room in January for its fourteenth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song. For 16 night... more info

KEXP Seattle — This year’s Pickathon festival is just around the corner, starting this Friday August 5th and continuing through the weekend, wrapping up Sunday the 7th. The festival features an all-star lineup of indie roots and Americana, featuring Mavis Staples... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin ""Slit, my throat, Callahan!" So shouted one fan mid-set at Bowery. He was right. Bill Callahan killed everyone in that room." - Hammer to Nail Ed Askew started things off with a set of songs... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bill Callahan @ MHOW in 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * comedy @ Ace Hotel * 40twenty @ Barbes * Spanglish Fly @ Barbes * Swingadelic @ Maxwell's * Yes, Styx @ Jones... more info

Stereogum — Bill Callahan’s not-entirely-patriotic “America!” now has an entirely cool animated video just in time for Independence Day. It’s premiered as part of the fourth episode of Friday Night Somewhere, so skip ahead to 7m30s if you don’t have ti... more info

DrownedInSound — It’s all about the delivery with Bill Callahan, and this evening he and his players deliver magnificently. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Stereogum — The resurgence of Bill Callahan, a truly classic underground American songwriter, is appreciated — New Yorker and NY Times profiles; positive, historicizing Pitchfork review for newest dispatch Apocalypse — but it’s strange how his early, noisy... more info

Stereogum — NAME: Bill Callahan PROGRESS REPORT: One of music’s most mysterious songwriters talks about the Apocalypse, explores writing songs with a quill, and addresses the apparent futility of hope. Bill Callahan is the kind of musician that — even if yo... more info