Guardian Music — The Enterprise, London NW3James Blake is folded awkwardly over a couple of keyboards in the upstairs room of a pub, eyes squeezed shut, lips pressed against the microphone, his feet negotiating a tangle of effects pedals. He sings most of a song call... more info

Guardian Music — (Jagjaguwar)At first glance, Relayted seems like a joke, a latterday album-length equivalent of the knowing cover versions with which indie bands used to pad out Peel Sessions: an album by a group of US alt-rock luminaries – Justin Vernon of Bon Iv... more info

Culture Bully — Bon Iver's Justin Vernon expresses his take on media exploitation. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Har Mar Superstar & Gayngs @ The Box in NYC In the midst of a lawsuit releated to the loss of their tour bus in Texas,, Minneapolis soft rock supergroup Gayngs flew back to NYC in late October (the same... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the mood for some new music from Aimee Mann, Sia, Bon Iver and Of Montreal? Consider heading over to Spaceland in Silver Lake on Friday. There’s one hitch: It won’t be Mann, Sia, Bon Iver and Of Montreal on... more info

Detroit Free Press — 1 Ke$ha, "We R Who We R" 2 Far East Movement (feat. Cataracs & Dev), "Like a G6" 3 Willow, "Whip My Hair" 4 Rihanna, "Only Girl (In the World)" 5 Nelly, "Just a Dream" 6 Taylor Swift, "Sparks Fly" 7 Trey Songz (feat. Nicki Minaj), "Bottoms Up" ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mr. Jones said... Welcome to the weekend - today 30 Days Out slips out of our big sister's bedroom with a laid-back late 1960s classic from her record collection: "Realization" by Johnny Rivers. Come by and kick back with us as we give this one a spi... more info

Stereogum — Feingold’s a big music fan, and he does a YouTube series of bands he loves (along with notes about where he’s been traveling in his state). He recommended the music of Bon Iver for his first “Fein Tunes” podcast, saying “This guy went up t... more info

Guardian Music — Christopher Kirkley went to Mali to make field recordings, but returned with a mixtape of music taken from Saharan Sim cardsHowever eclectic your music collection, it would still need to go some way to match the sheer range of tracks shared by villag... more info

Guardian Music — A birdwoman in distress, a gaggle of ballet dancers and Jacko's massive balloon head. It can only be the new Kanye West video Good old Kanye West. The man is to music bloggers what pissed Whitehall tittle-tattle is to Westminster diarists. Last week ... more info