Totally Fuzzy — Hark! A City Slang Christmas EP, free downloads from Lambchop, Laura Gibson, Dear Reader, Dan Mangan, Nada Surf and Calexico. Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings spread some righteous hollering over a string of spring dates with their Motown-indebted funk and soul (3-10 Mar, begins O2 Academy Bristol, sharonjonesandthedapkings.com) …Kurt Wagner has been back recording with Lambc... more info

DrownedInSound — Yes, we know this is old news, but it's still quite important. And we just didn't get round to writing anything about it. So here it is, belatedly - the news that there's a new Lambchop album on the way, released on February 20 through City Slang, it... more info

Altsounds — It starts with some casual cursing yet the last word is 'love'. It began when singer-songwriter-guitarist Kurt Wagner turned away from music and picked up his brushes to paint his way out of a funk that followed the premature death of friend Vic Ch... more info

Altsounds — "I've been doing this for a while, always with the same basic notion that I am sharing through songs – secretly, intimately – my ideas with my friends and loved ones." It starts with some casual cursing yet the last word is 'love... more info

Stereogum — Early next year, Kurt Warner’s Nashville alt-country orchestra Lambchop will release Mr. M, their 11th album. Below, download “If I’ll Not Just Die,” the album’s string-drenched opening track. Lambchop – “If Not I’ll Just Die” Mr. M... more info

The Vinyl Villain — But I'll come to that in a moment.  First up, some appropriately named tunes for today:-mp3 : Lambchop - Scared Out Of My Shoemp3 : The Prodigy - Ghost Townmp3 : New Order - SpookyThe most frightening thing ever? Seeing a close friend dance to this ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tamara Porras AMNY: When did you discover the music of the '90s? When I was around 17, I got introduced to some really good stuff by my friends, like Lambchop, Smog, Dinosaur Jr. and Will Oldham. That had... more info

Altsounds — Harvest Sun Promotions present a co-headline gig on Thursday October 6th at Leaf Bold Street, with William Tyler (of the legendary Lambchop and Silver Jews fame) Hiss Golden Messenger, and support coming from Cavalier Song and Simon Knighton (of Kazi... more info

Guardian Music — From Dub Side of the Moon to Dave Depper's Ram Project, the heroically pointless act of covering an entire album is one of pop's odder habits. Peter Paphides tries to rationalise itThe footnotes of pop are littered with all sorts of heroic but arguab... more info