Stereogum — This Black Star reunion from the night before Thanksgiving features DP's Amber and Haley along with the Roots on "History" from Mos's The Ecstatic LP. A(nother) hat tip to the Fallon show for doing awesome things on the somewhat regular. more info

8/1 — 50. Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir OST49. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II48. Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid47. Bruce Springsteen – Working On a Dream46. The Black Crowes – Before the Frost…45. Cate... more info

8/1 — Q 50 best albums of the year | worst list of da year50 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications 49 Bob Dylan - Together Through Life 48 Ian Brown - My Way 47 Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate 46 Golden Silvers - True Romance 45 Conor Oberst And ... more info

Guardian Music — Hello listeners, and a happy Friday to you all. We kick off this edition of Music Weekly with Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne. The irrepressible singer was in London for a series of shows, but found time to tell Rosie Swash what makes a brilliant l... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dirty Projectors & Roots @ Bowery Ballroom (more) The collaboration continues. It all started when the Dirty Projectors appeared on Fallon and impressed the Roots who then showed up to play some songs with the band at Bowery Ballroom last... more info

Stereogum — Months after giving Questlove a twitter conniption at Late Night , Dirty Projectors had "Stillness Is The Move"'s beats thoroughly beefed up when Ahmir, Captain Kirk, and bassist Owen Biddle sat in with the band at Bowery on Sunday night. That song's... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I normally move away quickly to the opposite corner of the record shop as fast as I can if someone points in the direction of a charity record, for almost without exception they are well-meaning but crap.But not Dark Was The Night, a 2CD release fro... more info

Stereogum — The Roots and Elvis Costello are two tireless acts who are so in love with collaborating. These days you see Elvis join in jams on his Spectacle interview/performance show. Questo et al do it all the time at their Late Night digs, and if you were ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dirty Projectors completed their tour and four-night NYC run in style on Sunday night (11/22). The night started with a beautiful set of music by Julianna Barwick who was followed by the mind-blowing Tune-Yards. It's been said before, I'll... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Muir Dirty Projectors and tUnE-YaRdS played their second NYC show in a row together last night (11/19). It was at Music Hall of Williamsburg unlike the night before which was at Bowery Ballroom. They play the same... more info