Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG All the pieces are in place. The floral album cover. The lush arrangements that tip their hat to The Jesus & Mary Chain, Slowdive, Cocteau Twins, and My Bloody Valentine. The ethereal production. But while Portland's Anne clearly... more info

Guardian Music — Its writer refused to record it. Pat Boone almost killed it. Then it was resurrected as a B-side to an indie prestige project. Martin Aston on how Tim Buckley's Song to the Siren became a modern classicIt's a Jim'll Fix It fantasy for any musical o... more info

Perez Hilton — Uhm, Faye Wong should cover more things…like every one of our favorite songs! After hearing her cover Tori Amos' Silent All These Years, we wanted to do a little research on this gem and we found out she's insanely popular in Asia! She's also coll... more info

Stereogum — It’s been a while since we checked in with Christopher O’Riley, the pianist known for his majestic renditions of Radiohead and Elliott Smith songs. But now, O’Riley returns with cellist collaborator Matt Haimovitz for Shuffle.Play.Listen, an tw... more info

Guardian Music — The Deaf Institute, ManchesterSomeone hands Connan Mockasin a bottle of red wine. "A very good year," he mumbles, draining much of the contents and telling the crowd that they "really need to study the next song". Then Mockasin – all mop of blond h... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Twin Sister is an American band from Long Island. Their music has been described as Chillwave, Indie pop, Dream Pop and Disco and they have been compared to Cocteau Twins and Portishead. They have toured the US and Europe and have so far released tw... more info

Guardian Music — Inspired by a trip to the Joshua Tree, the new conceptual double album by M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, is likely to polarise fans'I am very happy," Anthony Gonzalez, aka M83, reassures me twice during our interview, lest the recurring themes of solitud... more info

Guardian Music — Cerebral and sunny, this is a thinking person's summer anthemWhen Baltimore trio Future Islands started working on their third album, On the Water, their influences ranged from Fleetwood Mac and Cocteau Twins to a book about Brian Eno's Another Green... more info

Guardian Music — Director of Mysterious Skin and Kaboom is keeping indie pop alive by featuring new music and remixes by his favourite bandsThis week sees the DVD release of two films from the singular talent of Gregg Araki: 1993's Totally Fucked Up and Kaboom, his m... more info

Guardian Music — Does it matter if this London band's miasmic music is a retread of a copy of a facsimile? Not when it sounds this good ...Hometown: London.The lineup: Thom Hill (guitar), Linda Jarvis (vocals), plus band.The background: Echo Lake are a five-piece fro... more info