LargeHeartedBoy — Bookworm interviews Patti Smith today about her memoir, Just Kids. Singer-songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg joins WXPN's Wolrd Cafe for an interview and live performance. Geoffrey Becker talks to the Colorado Springs Independent about his debut novel, ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Sade – Soldier of Love 2. Joanna Newsom – Have One on Me 3. Johnny Cash – American VI: Ain’t No Grave 4. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM 5. Beach House – Teen Dream 6. Vampire Weekend – Contra 7. Massive Attack ... more info

The Playlist — We recently wondered about the state of Alfonso Cuarón's long-gestating children's film "A Boy And His Shoe" which was originally scheduled to shoot in 2009 for a mid-2010 release.London Evening Standard now reports that the film is still "forthco... more info

Guardian Music — A canny commissioning policy might just give Loops a chance of challenging the smug consensus on what music is fit for the discerning broadsheet readerFirst, a public-service announcement. Virtually tangible evidence of the extent to which the imperi... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Sade – Soldier of Love 2. Massive Attack – Heligoland 3. Hot Chip – One Life Stand 4. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM 5. Soft Pack – Soft Pack 6. Vampire Weekend – Contra 7. Yeasayer – Odd Blood 8. XX – XX 9. ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Music – Hollywood 1. Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM 2. Beach House – Teen Dream 3. Spoon – Transference 4. XX – Self-Titled 5. Vampire Weekend – Contra 6. Soft Pack – Self-Titled 7. Dave Rawlings Machine – Friend of a Friend 8. Sur... more info

The Culture Of Me — In the upcoming issue of Flaunt magazine (number #107 for those of you counting), Charlotte Gainsbourg appears in a stunning photography spread care of photographer Kurt Iswarienko, for "the art issue". Gainsbourg, whose most recent contribution to p... more info

MTV.com News — Hope for Haiti Now album is #2 after selling more than 300,000 copies total.By Gil Kaufman Lady Antebellum's Need You Now Photo: Capitol Grammy-winning country act Lady Antebellum released their second album, Need You Now, at just the r... more info

ContactMusic — French actress/singer CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG is terrified of playing music on-stage - because she's convinced she'll never live up to her late father SERGE.Charlotte made... more info

Stereogum — In last weekend's excellent NY Times profile, Charlotte told the Grey Lady "I was trying desperately to write a couple of lines, and in a few a minutes [Beck] had a whole song. I suggested some of the song titles, wrote a line or two here and th... more info