Guardian Music — Prefuse 73's forthcoming album of female vocalists features late singer alongside Zola Jesus, Shara Worden and othersBroadcast's late singer, Trish Keenan, appears on a new album by Prefuse 73. Keenan recorded vocals for the LP before contracting a s... more info

melophobe — Every year, it seems, the number of end of the year lists grows; all across the blogosphere you can find music fans offering their thoughts on the best and worst albums from the preceding twelve (or, increasingly, eleven) months. Also increasing on a... more info

Guardian Music — Too cool for the avant garde? Too serious for the mainstream? Whatever, These New Puritans' second album bristled with intelligence and invention"Frames of colour flicker between ancient and brand new," Jack Barnett murmurs on White Chords, creating ... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonDressed in a plaid shirt, lank hair flopping over his face, David Longstreth could be the frontman for a Nirvana tribute band. It's a jarring image, because Dirty Projectors' art-rock is the antithesis of grunge, its textures sinuous and ... more info

DrownedInSound — Listen to this week's Spotifriday playlist, featuring a whole lot from our end of year content and more, including LCD Soundsystem, Shearwater, Gang Of Four, Deftones, Joy Division, Dirty Projectors and, of course, more. Read the full story on... more info

DrownedInSound — Single of the Week! Dirty Projectors - ‘As I Went Out Went Out One Morning’ (Domino) In the very wonderful Election, teenage girl-mistake Tracy Flick is possessed of the sort of terrifying, out-of-my-way ambition I remember almost fo... more info

Guardian Music — Have a cool Christmas with our selection of the season's finest gigsVampire WeekendA mammoth victory-lap tour for preppy afro-influenced indie rockers, who arrive bearing intriguingly eclectic support acts at their two London shows (on 2 and 3 Decem... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Nat Baldwin on stage w/ DP @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 (more by Tim Griffin) Dirty Projectors member Nat Baldwin is currently on a solo tour with Kurt Weisman and Travis Laplante. "These are two of my favorite musicians... more info

Stereogum — The Forms, now the duo of vocalist/keyboardist Alex Tween and multi-instrumentalist Matt Walsh, are releasing a new “remix” EP, Derealization, in February. The six-song collection features instrumentally reworked versions of older material and a ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin The Dwarves Appreciative crowds turned up at all four [Fun Fun Fun Fest] stages [this past weekend], and the festival's vaunted circus atmosphere was out in force -- with plenty of traffic at the mechanical bull,... more info