Totally Fuzzy — An excellent sampler by San Francisco label Friendly Fire Recordings, home to artists like Acrylics, Asobi Seksu, Camphor, The Concretes, David & the Citizens, Elk City, Faunts, Oh No Ono, Old Soul, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Regina, Violens, ... more info

Impose Magazine — Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Telesterion (Rodriguez Lopez) The uber-prolific ORL (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta) comes out of left field with this 2-CD 37-song compendium that draws from 17 albums. His canon includes more than 40 albums in a sixteen-yea... more info

Guardian Music — A wig-wearing ex-child witch? We like the sound of that. But Foe's channelling of PJ Harvey flirts with parodyHometown: Fleet, Hampshire.The lineup: Hannah Louise Clark (vocals), Adam M Crisp (production).The background: I regret not going to see tod... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This is a fascinating alt. country release by metal specialists Century Media. How that happened? No idea. You'll have to ask them. Give it a listen, it's worth it. Friday evening updates continued... a r n e l said... Freak Power - Drive Thru ... more info

Guardian Music — As Dakota and Elle Fanning consider roles in a film about talent-challenged The Shaggs, let's celebrate the best worstsReading that the decidedly talented Fanning sisters – Dakota and Elle – were in talks for a movie about The Shaggs was hearteni... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dr. Acid said... Frank Zappa - Chunga’s Revenge (1970) Santana - Abraxas (1970) Led Zeppelin - II (1969) http://smusiverse.blogspot.com thanks fuzzy! jazzlover said... Toto Blanke - Spider's Dance (1975) http://jazzarchives.blogspot.com W said...... more info

Guardian Music — (ACT)The loss of Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson in a diving accident in 2008 confronted his two long-time partners, bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Ostrom, with a dilemma as well as a personal loss, since neither had played outside EST in ... more info

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Guardian Music — Heartbreaking revelation, mesmerising vacuity, and even a song containing the word 'orthodontist' – it's a lyrical jungle out therePsst! Want to know how harmful gossip can be? Get a load of this week's playlist. Whether it's innocent couples being... more info

Guardian Music — PJ Harvey, LondonThough at times she's had a strangely mid-Atlantic kind of persona (part queen of the Delta blues, part farmer's wife), recently Polly Harvey has focused her attention closer to home. Her 2007 album White Chalk found her haunting Bri... more info