Guardian Music — An exclusive performance by Katie Stelmanis's new wave sextet, from Toronto, of their single Lose It from debut album Feel It BreakBen KapeAndy GallagherElliot Smith more info

Guardian Music — The 84-year old singer announces a date at the London Palladium and reveals more about his collaborators on new album, Duets IITony BennettCaroline SullivanElliot Smith more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — 2011 Fourth of July Mix!!! 1. Matmos - The Stars and Stripes Forever2. Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July3. X - Fourth of July4. Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)5. Ryan Adams - Firecracker6. The Decemberists - July, July!7. Si... more info

Gigwise — Also features Bright Eyes & Elliott Smith... more info

Guardian Music — (Dirty Hit Ltd)The title "singer-songwriter" brings to mind a multitude of horrors: James Blunt cooing about beauty, James Morrison crooning about "something", Jack Johnson wooing ladies with banana pancakes. Benjamin Francis Leftwich bravely reappro... more info

Guardian Music — Chris Salmon on a new site that tips you off to some of the best unsigned bands, and moreWhile we all know that there's plenty of new music to be found online, trawling around for it can be a chore (particularly when a lot of it isn't terribly good).... more info

Guardian Music — The director of this year's Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre is joined by the Leisure Society for a world exclusive performance of a newly written track, SANERead much more about Meltdown hereAndy GallagherElliot SmithBen Kape more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Searching for Elliott Smith is a documentary about the singer-songwriter. Bookworm and the CBC's Sunday Edition interview Joyce Carol Oates about her memoir, A Widow's Story. FFWD dubs lo-fi noise pop "the new autotune." Variety reports that author S... more info

Totally Fuzzy — An album of scintillating soft-focus folk-pop from Morr Music artist Butcher The Bar, aka Joel Nicholson. Joel Nicholson first gave us a glimpse of his deepest thoughts three years ago with his debut as Butcher The Bar ‘Sleep At Your Own Spe... more info

Guardian Music — As the curtain rises on Terry Gilliam's production of the 'unstageable' Berlioz Faust, Andrew Dickson goes behind the scenes of the ENO for an exclusive first lookAndrew DicksonElliot SmithShehani FernandoDavid Levene more info