Here Comes The Flood — Eno doesn't care about the demise of records as a means of musical distribution. He says as much in an interview with The Guardian: "I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were luck... more info

Guardian Music — Opera North are taking on one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most surreal shows, so what is the enduring appeal about their work?'It's like Marmite. You either love it or you hate it." I am told this at least three times during the couple of days I spend... more info

All About Jazz — "I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period o... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Legendary producer Brian Eno is convinced U2 frontman Bono is "hated" in Britain, because the public can't stand seeing a pop star meddle in international affairs. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Spoon asks some big questions early in "Transference." On the album's second track, lead singer Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno work up a frenzy pondering "Is Love Forever?" At only two minutes, the song doesn't answer the query posed... more info

Guardian Music — He's been a Roxy original, the inventor of 'ambient', Bowie's muse, the brain in Talking Heads and U2's 'fifth man'. Now Eno tells us where he's heading nextWhen influential music website Pitchfork listed its 100 greatest albums of the 1970s –... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about heading downstream. This time, we want you to suggest songs that push you out of your comfort zoneIt turned out to be an unusual week. The augurs were there when comments were set to close in 2009, a gaffe for which I'd like t... more info

Guardian Music — (Anti-)John Peel's description of the Fall - "always different, always the same" - might equally apply to the Austin, Texas band Spoon, who have made it to seven albums without any significant variation in high quality. Leader Britt Daniel is a maste... more info

Stereogum — Karen has a Golden Globe nom, but her WTWTA work has been snubbed from Best Original Score Oscar contention, likely for its "predominant use of songs." As for Eno's The Lovely Bones? He just couldn't be bothered with the publicity campaign. (via 24bi... more info

Rolling Stone — A trio of acclaimed film scores on Rolling Stone’s radar — Karen O and Carter Burwell’s Where the Wild Things Are, Brian Eno’s The Lovely Bones and T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton’s Crazy Heart — have all been ruled ineligible for Best ... more info