Gorilla vs. Bear — [Joanna Newsom's ACL taping airs this Saturday on PBS] more info

Stereogum — The excellent first single from Julia Holter’s forthcoming RVNG LP Ekstasis now has a video which plays with the tone and feel of the album’s cover art. The track’s called “Marienbad,” and for all the words we offered last time, it’s most... more info

Guardian Music — Sawhney's show was a welcome departure from the usual world music fareNitin Sawhney Spins the Globe (Radio 2) sounds on paper like what we used to call a world music show. And Sawhney's comments during the opening of last night's first programme back... more info

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom’s highly anticipated “Good Intentions Paving Company” video was directed by Karni & Saul way back in June. We showed you fun behind-the-scenes photos then; now, we’ve got some live action footage, albeit less than one minute lon... more info

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