Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonLondon has always given a warm welcome to Lambchop's country rhythms and skewed realism – and, as singer and guitarist Kurt Wagner takes in the awed crowd, it's clear the feeling is mutual. "A lot of cool stuff has happened on the s... more info

Guardian Music — (City Slang)Kurt Wagner has addressed loss, death and the indignity of ageing before, but never with quite such weary, stoic melancholy as he emanates here. Even when he lapses into cliche – "We were born to lose", "Who of us now knows where the ti... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysThe Guardian's first album award goes to: Rustie – Glass Swords Russell "Rustie" Whyte speaks to Tim JonzeListen to Glass Swords in its entiretyFind out who the other nominees wereIn the ne... 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