Stereogum — The video for “Scale It Back,” DJ Shadow’s new collaboration with Little Dragon, opens with a vaguely creepy guy who explains that, to memorize a deck of playing cards, he creates a story in his head by assigning an image to each pair of cards.... more info

Stereogum — Lateef The Truthspeaker is half of the great underground rap duo Latyrx and part of the Solesides crew, the great late ’90s Bay Area underground rap stable that also introduced the world to DJ Shadow and Blackalicious. Back in the day, is baroquely... more info

Guardian Music — Laid, GlasgowThere's a hint of pre-glasnost Moscow about the Bloc venue, from the sign on the front of the building featuring a hammer and sickle logo, right down to the .ru suffix on their website. Happily the only sign of an oppressive regime indo... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The former Oasis man has told Xfm that he really wanted Norman Cook to work his magic on AKA What A Life...While talking Xfm's John Kennedy through new album Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds track by track Noel explained that he really wanted Fatbo... more info

The Quietus — Exclusive view from inside his Shadowsphere, streaming live from his gig in Tokyo at 12:20 GMT more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — There's a new trend going around with rock stars creating their own wines.  I think the Grateful Dead might have the been the first out of pure novelty.  But Tool's Maynard really took it to the next level by quitting the band to focus on his grape... more info

Scotsman.com — Our reviewers bring you the best of recent music... more info

Chicago Tribune — 2.5 stars (out of 4) more info

Guardian Music — (Island)Constructed entirely from samples, DJ Shadow's 1996 debut, Endtroducing …, was a genuinely pioneering record, although this approach has been repeated so many times since that what was once futuristic can now feel nostalgic. On only his fo... more info

Nialler9 — The best of new album streams in A-Z form. Plenty more in the Streams category. Boom Bip – Zig Zaj DRC Music – Kinshasa One Two (Damon Albarn and more) DJ Shadow – The Less You Know, The Better (alt link) Dum Dum Girls more info