The Daily Mail — The 28-year-old shunned the glamour, opting for black skinny jeans and a pair of scuffed RM Williams boots, as well as going almost make-up free. more info

Stereogum — Triple J is an Australian radio program that hosts a “Hottest 100″ contest every year, in which listeners vote for their favorite singles. The 100 winners are then celebrated during a massive party on Australia Day (1/26). To campaign for votes, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Mutual Benefit at BV-SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Jordan Lee's NYC-based chamber pop collective Mutual Benefit last released Love's Crushing Diamond in 2013 and then gave it a re-release on Other Music in 2014. Now they've signed to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 58th Annual Grammy Awards nominees have been announced. Album of the Year nominees include Alabama Shakes for Sound & Color, Kendrick Lamar for To Pimp A Butterfly, Chris Stapleton for Traveller, Taylor Swift for 1989 and The Weeknd... more info

Stereogum — Dazed reports that David Bowie, Björk, Thom Yorke, Damon Albarn, Phil Selway, Courtney Barnett, Robert Plant, Chrissie Hynde, Bobby Gillespie, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver’s S. Carey, and more signed an open letter asking international leaders to r... more info

Stereogum — A Very Bonnaroo Thanksgiving is a seasonal presentation of 12 different performances from this year’s festival. Alabama Shakes, Courtney Barnett, Twenty One Pilots, Mumford & Sons, D’Angelo, Robert Plant, Brandi Carlile, and Belle & Sebastian, ar... more info

Stereogum — Aussie newcomers the Goon Sax excel in excruciatingly real, smart, self-deprecating lyrics about humdrum broken heart-related anxieties in post-adolescence: “I need a boyfriend/ Or just anything real.” Their latest track “Boyfriend” engages i... more info

Stereogum — Courtney Barnett has been performing a lot of covers lately; just last month we heard her Jack White-produced rendition of the Boys Next Door’s “Shivers,” and a week or so later she and Paul Kelly released their version of Archie Roach’s “C... more info

Stereogum — “No, I don’t care about much/ But I definitely sometimes care about you,” lament Brisbane’s slacker indie-rock trio the Goon Sax in their video for debut track “Sometimes Accidentally.” Just out of high school, the band share in fellow Au... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Gillian Flynn talked to Weekend Edition about her new novella The Grownup. Stream Courtney Barnett's Austin City Limits performance. BOMB Magazine interviewed author Rebecca Makkai. Newcity Lit interviewed author Dave Reidy. American Songwriter inter... more info