Impose Magazine — Cut Copy's latest Zonoscope leaked a few days ago. Here's a cut that starts straight out of an invigorated Harmonia passage hyper-prepped for the most efficient dance floor sex yet imagined. Then dude Dan Whitford starts singing and it's all a bit ne... more info

Guardian Music — Fans of Will Oldham and Bill Callahan will find much to admire in the work of MC Taylor, a revivalist who also lectures in folkloreHometown: San Francisco.The lineup: MC Taylor (vocals, instruments), plus band.The background: Because country and soul... more info

Totally Fuzzy — the said... musicology #621 ChristmasComing #14 Doreen Schaffer – Wishing You A Merry Christmas Sticking with the Jamaican festivities and rolling with this cut courtesy of Doreen Schaffer and the Downbeat crew voiced over a classic Studio 1 rhythm... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... DRIVE-IN MOVIES AT THE BOAT This week watch MMST3K skewer "The Undead" (1957) and grab some music... THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA including tribute/cover albums by... * VARIOUS Zappa's Universe (1993) * VARIOUS Unmatched: Tributo A ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ted Barron said... The Ramones at the Boogie Woogie Flu http://boogiewoogieflu.blogspot.com Barbatrucmobile said... Vinylidyllique ! Shelleyan Orphan - "We Have Everything We Need" (2008, One Little Indian) Shelleyan Orphan - "Humroot" (1992, Roug... more info

Guardian Music — (Harmonia Mundi, three CDs)This set completes the Tokyo Quartet's Beethoven series for Harmonia Mundi. The group has recorded the cycle before, with a different first violin and cello, for RCA in the 1980s, but the basic characteristics remain the sa... more info

Guardian Music — Jaroussky/Concerto Koln/Haim(Virgin Classics)The music of Antonio Caldara (c 1670-1736) was languishing on the fringes of baroque obscurity until René Jacobs's award-winning recording for Harmonia Mundi of the ravishing oratorio Maddalena ai Piedi d... more info

Scotsman.com — Ombra Cara: Handel Arias Harmonia Mundi, £13.99 ***** more info

Guardian Music — Padmore/Bezuidenhout(Harmonia Mundi)While Mark Padmore has been recording Schubert's song cycles with pianist Paul Lewis using a modern concert grand, on his first disc of Schumann Lieder he has opted to be accompanied by a period instrument. Like An... more info

Guardian Music — The first of this week's new bands, chosen by guest editor Antony Hegarty, is an ambient artist whose melancholy music evokes memory and desire, mortality and dreadHometown: New York.The lineup: William Basinski (music, production).The background: Th... more info