Totally Fuzzy — Land Lovers have notions on being a pop band. They certainly play melodic enough songs with snappy words and some foot-tapping beats. They come from the tail-end of 2008, where they are about to release debut lo-fi homespun album Romance Romance. Th... more info

Guardian Music — Acclaimed singer-songwriter Jonathan Wilson tells Laura Barton why it's great to be from North CarolinaHair straggled, clothes creased, Jonathan Wilson is wearing the bewildered expression of the musician on tour. Sitting in the Roundhouse cafeteri... more info

Detroit Free Press — Ke$ha, the irreverent pop star known for singing about brushing her teeth with "a bottle of Jack" turns poignant while covering a song from one of music's great lyricists on the new four-disc "Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 5... more info

Guardian Music — This 23-year-old Brooklyn boy's fast and frantic sound suggests he has studied everyone from the Stones to the StrokesHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Devin Therriault (vocals, guitar) plus band.The background: We almost missed out on Devin because we ... more info

Guardian Music — (Universal)Fifty years of Amnesty International are marked with this colossal, four-CD compilation of Bob Dylan covers – 75 tracks from as many artists, ranging from the trad (Pete Townshend's "Corrina, Corrina", the upbeat old-time of Carolina Cho... more info

Stereogum — Last night, St. Vincent took Strange Mercy cut “Cheerleader” to Conan, starting the performance out with a nice homage to a certain famous Elvis Costello moment. Watch the video down below. Strange Mercy is out now on 4AD. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Elvis Costello's Spectacular Spinning Songbook Tour will make a West Coast run this spring, including a return to the Wiltern, along with dates in Seattle, Portland, Ore., San Diego and San Francisco. more info

Guardian Music — The Iron Lady and the arts were never the closest of bedfellows – she took her axe to them and they rebelledIn a word, Margaret Thatcher's relationship with the arts has been ironic. By taking an axe to British culture, the former PM – making hea... more info

Chorus.fm — Download a piano version of *The Joy Formidable* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/theoyformidable)'s "I Don't Want To See You Like This" performed by *Steve Nieve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nieve)* (of Elvis Costello's band) on facebook... more info

Guardian Music — Joe Loss vocalist and creator of the secret lemonade drinkerThe jazz and pop musician Ross MacManus, who has died aged 84, was a featured singer in the 1960s with Britain's leading dance band, the Joe Loss orchestra, and in the 1970s the creator of t... more info