Nialler9 — If you’re looking for tickets to sold out gigs try #ticketfairy on Twitter. Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon Ticket freebies this week: Friday:  Dice presents Monkey Safari @  Button Factory (11pm) Saturday: Alarmist, G... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, onetime Spit Enz/Crowded House singer Neil Finn's new album Dizzy Heights is out next week (2/11). Produced by Dave Fridmann, the new album -- his third solo platter -- goes in new, dreamy atmospheric directions, though anchored... more info

Time — Earlier this month, St. Vincent (also known as Annie Clark) released “Digital Witness,” the second single from her forthcoming self-titled fourth album. For the accompanying music video, Clark teamed up with director Chino Moya to update Fritz La... more info

KEXP Seattle — Five years is way too long for a visit from Midlake, but let’s just say the hauntingly-beautiful folk-rock group from Denton, Texas had a good reason. After spending two years recording in the farm, frontman and founding member Tim Smith announced ... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — My heart broke when I first learned that ex-lead singer Tim Smith had left Midlake.  Their break-out album, Van Occupanther, was such a mythical delight, it was like someone had journeyed it from the top of Mt. Doom and dragged it out of Middle Eart... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — M.I.A.'s Matangi is the week's marquee music release. Cut Copy's Free Your Mind, Kronos Quartet with Bryce Dessner's Aheym, and Midlake's Antiphon are also albums I can recommend. Bob Dylan's The Complete Album Collection Vol. One collects the singer... more info

Consequence of Sound — After losing vocalist Tim Smith, Midlake returns with a progressive but familiar LP. more info

DrownedInSound — The sense that Midlake are finally off the leash is palpable. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

The Independent — Not only god knowsBanish all thoughts of “Kumbaya”. Sunday Assembly, the church for people who don’t believe in god but like to congregate, sing and, you know, generally celebrate life and stuff, is on the hunt for musicians to play at its ever... more info

KEXP Seattle — Canadian electric duo Purity Ring have taken on the challenge of remixing Lady Gaga’s underwhelming single “Applause.” Their version’s pounding chorus is sure to take dance clubs by storm, which is Gaga’s perfect niche. This remix really de... more info