Guardian Music — This collective of math-rock boffins from Oxford come across like The Young Ones meets University ChallengeBlessing Force are a community of artists, musicians and writers in Oxford. Often found hanging out at Foals' stable The House of Supreme Mathe... more info

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom recently shot a fashion spread for Bullett styled to pay homage to 1971′s The Hired Hand. In the photos, Joanna’s wearing Chanel, Rodarte, and oh, what’s that jacket? Margiela? Check the photos out above via the Framenoir Tumblr. ... more info

Topix — There's one every year. Last autumn, I was doing a show and so I missed Joanna Newsom at Carnegie Hall. more info

Altsounds — In March 2012 the world famous All Tomorrow's Parties will present the ATP curated by Jeff Mangum festival at Butlin's Holiday Centre, Minehead, UK. The weekend was originally set to run this December, but has been rescheduled to take place on the... more info

Guardian Music — Take a look at the gigs our writers will be attending this week, and tell us about any live music you've seen recentlyHere's a selection of gig reviews posted on last week's live music thread.gordonMackWent to see The Fall last week in Edinburgh and ... more info

DrownedInSound — Following the news that the Jeff Mangum-curated ATP event was to be rescheduled, plenty of people were wondering what the line-up would like when they came to re-announcing it. Well, now we find out as it has just been confirmed that the following ba... more info

Stereogum — Last month, we reported that the version of the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival that the formerly reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum was curating had been postponed from a planned December date to a weekend in March. The festival, wh... more info

Stereogum — The first season of Portlandia, the IFC sketch-comedy show from Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, had a ton of cameos from indie-ish celebs; consider, if you will, last year’s segment “The Deuce,” which starred Corin Tucker, James Mercer, and... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt has taken a lifetime for Roy Harper to win quite this much appreciation. This was a belated celebration for his 70th birthday, and the Festival Hall was packed with an enthusiastic audience who greeted his classic songs... more info

Stereogum — Here’s an early listen to the new “Muppet Show Theme,” which we learned last month features vocals from Joanna Newsom. It’s not much of a cameo, but keep in mind the song’s less than a minute and they’ve gotta fit Miss Piggy’s ego in th... more info