I Guess I'm Floating — Lawrence Arabia (James Milne) has been around many a block musically speaking. In his native New Zealand he's worked with Ruby Sun's Ryan McPhun as The Reduction Agents and has played with The Brunettes, while here in the states he's kicked it with ... more info

Rawkblog — You already know Sally Seltman. She wrote Feist’s “1234″ and, as New Buffalo, made two great records — one of them the 35th best record of the decade, in fact. Now she’s stepping out under her own name with a new album, Heart That’s Pound... more info

411 Mania — Indie heavy list counts down the best from the north... more info

Rollo & Grady — MP3: Beck Feat. Feist & Wilco – Little Hands (Skip Spence Cover) MP3: Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – Take Me With U (Prince Cover) MP3: Lykke Li – Will You Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles Cover – Live) Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley introduces his alternative view of the decade that wasI don't know about you – and I'll just get this out of my system before the ghost of Christmas past comes to give me what for – but if there's one thing worse than a care... 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

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The latest entry in Beck's Record Club finds Mr. Hansen and pals Wilco, Feist, and Jamie Lidell teaming up to cover the 1969 cult fave Oar by onetime Moby Grape/Jefferson Airplane member Skip Spence. Check out the album's leadoff track, "Little Hands... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wilco + Feist + Grizzly Bear in Brooklyn (more by Eric Townsend) "Driving overnight after the show in Munich Thursday night, the bus and trailer were hit and rendered immovable. The trailer was wrecked and the bus engine split. Everyone... more info

Rolling Stone — For the third album covered in its entirety by Beck’s Record Club, the Modern Guilt rocker recruited Wilco, Feist and Jamie Liddell to perform Skip Spence’s 1969 offbeat folk-rock album Oar. Beck’s Record Club, “an informal meeting of various... more info

Stereogum — When not collaborating with Charlotte Gainsbourg on IRM, Beck continues adding covers collections to his Record Club. His (and MGMT and Devendra Banhart's) go at Songs Of Leonard Cohen included mixed results. We have higher hopes for his take on... more info