Brooklyn Vegan — Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan will be in the US this October, to play shows behind their new album, Hawk, due August 16th on V2/Cooperative Music. As previously mentioned, the album's guests include ex-Smashing Pumpkin James Iha and songwriter... more info

Pitchfork — Former Belle and Sebastian member Isobel Campbell and former Screaming Trees frontman/Queens of the Stone Age collaborator/Gutter Twins member Mark Lanegan might've seemed like an odd couple at first. But by now, they've released two collaborative a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "We're still in sunny L.A., in the final stages of recording the album, but plans are already afoot for touring throughout the rest of 2010" wrote Belle & Sebastian at the end of May. Those 2010 touring plans include... more info

NME — 'Hawk' will be released on August 16 more info

Guardian Music — Alt-rock's ultimate odd couple take another trip to the dark heart of country on their third LP as a duoMark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell are to release their third album as a duo. The new LP, Hawk, is due in August, and will feature cameos by singer-... more info

NME — Teenage Fanclub, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, The New Pornographers all set to perform more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jeffrey Siegel said... Podcast 178 is a conversation with Catherine Russell on the occasion of the release of her latest CD "Inside This Heart of Mine". Listen to tracks from her new CD, her cover of the Grateful Dead's "New Speedway Boogie" and othe... more info

NME Radio — I love getting people talking about music and last night on the show I decided I'd get the collective NME Radio mind to help me create an Indie Family Tree. I'd been inspired by tracks from Monsters of Folk and Broken Bells on our playlist at the mom... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about being softly spoken. Now we want you to take the plunge with this week's topicEvenin' all. And many happy returns to each of you. It seems like a long time since I rapped at ya, what with Hey Jude, the Brits and a brief dallia... more info

Guardian Music — If you're a kid, whispering can be comforting, soothing or even fun; for adults, it often takes on a much more sinister hue, as this week's selections provePerhaps as a result of one too many nights spent ­demanding that my mother mop my brow and... more info