Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonWe live in an era of rock and pop where no one really means it when they say goodbye, where "farewell" inevitably turns into "coo-eee, remember us?" when the price is right. Given the current climate, there is something sli... more info

Guardian Music — (ACT) This is an unusual smooth-jazz album devoted to the moon and stars from Swedish jazz trombonist Nils Landgren. He has roped in some impressive support, including Jazz Crusaders pianist Joe Sample and French accordion star Richard Galliano. Lan... more info

Guardian Music — Distance in song is measured in the hours from your lover's arms, in the cities that pass and the emptiness you leave behindI suppose it was the Proclaimers who began it. It was the summer of 1988, and for weeks they seemed to be everywhere, two gaw... more info

Guardian Music — It was make-up or break-up time and you refused to walk away like Pretty Woman. Here are your favourite reversals of directionA change of mind, when it comes to pop lyrics, often involves ending a relationship. Or, perhaps, trying to reverse an over-... more info

Guardian Music — The country music legend is quitting live performance before he is too seriously affected by his illnessThe country music legend Glen Campbell has announced he has Alzheimer's and will be retiring from live performance after a farewell tour this autu... more info

Altsounds — Jimmy Webb, his father Bob Webb, and his sons, The Webb Brothers — Christiaan, Justin, James and Cornelius — debut for the first time as a three-generation family band in Cottonwood Farm, which gets its long-awaited release in th... more info

Guardian Music — (Thrill Jockey)These Baltimore psych-rockers' fourth album is apparently based on Carl Jung's Red Book, in which the psychoanalyst turned his gaze inward to document that which "burst forth from the unconscious" – which, in Jung's case, turned out ... more info

Guardian Music — (Thrill Jockey)For those who find stoner-rock a little too refined, Baltimore quartet Arbouretum produce rough-hewn rock'n'roll that seems custom-made to be the soundtrack for some mythical peyote binge in the desert. The guitars are terrifically slu... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The weekly Pop & Hiss rundown of the weekend's top concerts.The weekly Pop & Hiss rundown of the weekend's top concerts. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The weekly Pop & Hiss rundown of the weekend's top concerts, once again arriving significantly later than it should have been posted. Sorry -- the main writer's cat needed to visit the vet today. Pop & Hiss apologizes for the... more info