Song, by Toad — This is a mini-album I heard about on Basement Fever, a blog I’ve been reading quite a lot recently.  I played their cover of Daniel Johnston’s True Love Will Find You in the End on the podcast a couple of weeks back, and generally assumed, as w... more info

NME - The Video Blog — How are you going to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’? Jump into a swimming pool starkers chasing after a dollar bill? Take to wearing moth-eaten cardigans and Daniel Johnston t shirts? Well, apparently Miley Cyrus ha... more info

VH1 Blog — Today marks the seventeenth anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain. The music he and his bandmates in Nirvana created helped to catapult the indie rock underground of the 1980s into the public spotlight and forge a new rock mainstream, inspiring and... more info

KEXP Seattle — Shimmy Disc Records is a label that seems to have prided itself on releasing strange, brilliant work that would appeal to the smallest possible slice of the listening population. Some of their better known acts include Bongwater, Gwar, Daniel Johnsto... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Barkan "On Saturday, the singer/songwriter/artist Daniel Johnston turned 50 and he celebrated with a couple of personal appearances in Austin. After a short visit to Waterloo Records, Johnston turned up at his famous "Hi, How Are You".... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — Today Daniel Johnston turns 50. In honor of his birthday, here is a custom "best-of" mix that I made over the Summer. I found that the official Welcome to My World compilation lacked some essential early material (especially Songs of Pain cuts) as we... more info

melophobe — Folk artist Daniel Johnston is turning 50-years-old on Saturday, January 22, and his closest friends have set up a hotline for fans to leave messages for Daniel in the days surrounding his special day. Owning half a century is a big deal, and sending... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The brilliant, controversial, legendary and much-covered 'outsider' folk musician (and visual artist) Daniel Johnston is turning 50 years old on January 22nd, and those closest to him are helping him celebrate with the launch of new projects includin... more info

Guardian Music — 7 December: Our Christmas countdown continues as She & Him's Zooey Deschanel and M Ward introduce their playlistTo explain their playlist, She & Him's Zooey Deschanel and M Ward wrote us a little line about each track ... She & Him's audio advent pla... more info

Guardian Music — As Paul bows out from curating this column, we'd like you to suggest the best lyrical exits in pop"Get your motor running, head out on the highway, make sure you've got your helmet on, and a snack for later in the day ..."Born to be Road Safe there, ... more info