Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Daniel Johnston - "Freedom"; A lot different is a bit of an understatement when talking about the changes found on this first track from Johnston's upcoming album Is and Always Was. The song has a much fuller, hi-fi sound that goes against all the po... more info

411 Mania — Plenty of new music, including Daniel Johnston, Tegan and Sara, Bob Dylan, Portishead (kind of), Massive Attack, The Who and Scissor Sisters, along with a large mass of new music merchandise, potential films about Jimi Hendrix and Brian Epstein, thou... more info

411 Mania — Thoughts on the Tyondai Braxton and The XX albums, Deerhunter and Oneida live. Plus, news on the new Built To Spill record, new Atlas Sound music, a new R.E.M. live collection, Patrick Wolf apologies, a new album from Do Make Say Think, a gigantic M... more info

Stereogum — It seems Daniel Johnston's going for a hi-fi sound on the forthcoming Is and Always Was, the legendary (and at one-time solitary) songwriter/artist's first proper collection in six years. Shifting things up, Johnston worked closely with Beck/Brendan ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Daniel Johnston - Freedom (new MP3) Daniel Johnston & Jason Falkner "With the October 6, 2009 release of his latest - and possibly greatest - work, Is And Always Was, Daniel Johnston adds another chapter to his artistic legend.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano Daniel Johnston @ BV-SXSW 2009 (more by Leia Jospe) These days, it's almost taboo to say anything critical about [Daniel] Johnston. This is incredibly patronising. For one thing, it makes any honest evaluation of his work impossib... more info

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Culture Bully — Like the last time Johnston came to First Avenue, his set last week was split intro three equal portions. And while Johnstons' last show was entertaining at the start and lost steam as other musicians joined Johnston, Thursday night was the exact opp... more info

Culture Bully — Daniel Johnston, Knife World and the Soft Rocks will play tonight (Aug. 13) at Minneapolis' First Avenue. more info

The Music Fix — News: Feraltone reissues Daniel Johnston's ‘Welcome to my World', ‘Yip Jump Music' and ‘Continued Story / Hi, How Are You' as first part of 2009 reissue campaign - all three albums are due out 31st August with previously un... more info