LargeHeartedBoy — Faster Louder lists the top 10 Elvis Costello albums. Lynn Coady offers tips for holding a literary reading. 20 year-end music lists were added yesterday to the master aggregation, including the Independent's best album covers of the year. 41 lists..... more info

KEXP Seattle — Almost 15 ago I was honored through my association with The Stranger to be included ona Christmas Eve broadcast of This American Life with Ira Glass. The show was called “The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Suit,” a reference to the Elvis Costello song ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Skeeter Davis, the Carpenters, Elvis Costello and more: They know how you feel. Give them a listen before the apocalypse Friday (that is, if the Maya got it right).Dec. 21 marks end of the world, according to some interpretations of the Mayan calenda... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Times profiles singer-songwriter Graham Parker. Before Elvis Costello, the Sex Pistols or the Clash there was Graham Parker and the Rumour, who anticipated the energy of punk and set the bar for smart, literate lyrics married to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Arriving on the mid-'70s London scene as a rough'n'ready product of the pub-rock era -- an R&B- loving Nick Lowe with a sharper, more ambitious pen, as it were -- Parker predated Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson,... more info

Guardian Music — Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, co-written with John Mellencamp, recorded with Elvis Costello and Sheryl CrowElvis Costello and Sheryl Crow will both be singing on the soundtrack of a ghostly musical written by Stephen King and John Mellencamp.Gho... more info

Consequence of Sound — A horrific musical with star-studded victims. more info

Guardian Music — Yes, they pack their songs full of cliches. But these 'Spice Girls with instruments' are fun and charming – and there's a distinct whiff of Suzi Quatro about themReading on mobile? Listen hereHometown: London.The lineup: Aicha, Chloe, Carmen, Rosie... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonHer smoky contralto voice might see her selling more records than her husband, Elvis Costello, and comfortably filling large venues such as the Albert Hall, but the headgirlish Diana Krall still seems a rather reluctant fron... more info

Guardian Music — Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler on how reggae violins, shuffling beats and an outstanding vocal made a 1980s club classicJazzie B, producer and rapperEverything about this single was magic. We weren't trying to follow any trend or fit into any category �... more info