411 Mania — Fran Healy gets help from Neko Case and Paul McCartney on solo debut, touring with Keane... more info

Undercover, Australia — Fran Healy of Travis is the latest in a long line of frontmen to jump ship from their successful band and release a solo album. more info

Totally Fuzzy — K. Telle said... A Quick one today. Mp3s from Cut Copy (really catchy like Jellyfish 60s vibe) Pegi Young (Country/folk classic) http://thisismyhappening.blogspot.com Thanks again Fuzzy! Tam Borman said... BASS CULTURE MIX Winston Riley : Purify Bur... more info

Stereogum — The New Pornographers have been regular guests on Late Night — they’d previously done “My Rights Versus Yours” and “The Laws Have Changed” on the show — so David Letterman warmly welcomed the band back for “Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk.” ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pictures from this weekend's NYC New Pornographers shows are coming soon, but in the meantime here's a video from Friday's Boston show...... more info

KEXP Seattle — As if you haven’t heard, there have been some hefty developments in Summer festival line ups. Some of these announcements have people pulling out their hair from excitement. BUMBERSHOOT (SEPT 4 - 6) Bumbershoot boasts headliner, legend, sex idol o... more info

Stereogum — Outside Lands’s line-up announcement yesterday didn’t inspire discussion, but maybe Bumbershoot, the other late-in-the-season (Pacific North)West Coast festival, will? The September festival announced the full line up today. Headliners are Bob Dy... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-04 Seattle, WA - Memorial Stadium ** with Bob Dylan, the Decemberists more info

Topix — Before there was Neko Case and "Lady Pilot," there was Tangela Tricoli and Jet Lady , the 1982 album hailed as a masterpiece of outsider music by those who care about such things. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Bettye Lavette - Salt of the Earth (MP3) "Wolf was born in the Bronx, New York. He planned a career as an artist, but he got a job in the late 1960s as a disc jockey on then-cutting edge... more info