Starpulse — Happy Birthday To San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan (1976), "My Name Is Earl" actor Jason Lee (1970), "Bridget Jones" actress Renee Zellweger (1969), "Firefly" actress Gina Torres (1969), Erasure singer Andy Bell (1964)[...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — Chain and the Gang – Unpronounceable Name(From Fluxblog)Lead chain-ganger Ian Svenonius shackles his tremulous warble to a bassline heavy enough to break rocks on this track from the Washington DC collective's recent LP, Down With Liberty ... ... more info

Guardian Music — This week we hail the return of Bat for Lashes, not only in the sense that she is set to deliver her shamanic second album, but also her return to Music Weekly – she was our second ever guest! The singer also known as Natasha Khan set aside so... more info

ContactMusic — ERASURE star ANDY BELL has landed a DJ-ing gig at one of the world's biggest gay parties. The Sometimes singer will co-host the 20th anniversary of the White Party in ... more info

Guardian Music — Armed with just karaoke backing tracks, a passable voice, and a what-you-see-is-what-you-sing approach, Dustin McLean has kickstarted the internet craze for literal videosFor years, comedy songs have remained a staple of acoustic guitar-wielding come... more info

Pop Justice — You'll be 'icarus' (cross) if you don't 'wing' (win) this competition: we're giving away the actual angel wings in this... more info

NME — Erasure's Andy Bell has revealed a secret second career: baker to The Cheeky Girls. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — When M.I.A., Thom Yorke, and now Kanye West give props to a band's music, that's typically enough to get my ears' attention. And when this particular artist is making the music I wish Bjork would with a seemingly deliberate evoking of Enya, I'm defi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said...The Doughboys - Whatever (1987)http://musicruinedmylife.blogspot.comMr. Jones said...To wrap up the week, 30 Days Out revisits one of most popular posts: a look back at the long-lost 1974 double-LP "Close Up The Honky Tonks" from the Fl... more info

NME — Erasure have announced that they will release a career-spanning box set this spring. more info