Guardian Music — Weighing up true love against the cold truth of mortality – the amorous and the anatomical – is a surprisingly effective wooing techniqueA friend of mine recently lent me a copy of some collected short stories written by the American wr... more info

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Sixeyes — Nick Cave put his own spin on the oft recorded story about Lee "Stag Lee" Shelton, and called his take "Stagger Lee", on the classic 1996 album Murder Ballads. I say "his take" because other recordings have various versions of the name (and details)... more info

NME Radio — 1. Thursday is in for a musical kicking, and a special guest. Today from 10am on NME Radio there’ll be a stack of decent music to be heard, discovered, loved, and no doubt, hated. This includes the bloody ace North Atlantic Oscillation , Devendra... more info

Guardian Music — Last week you suggested songs about fessing up. Now we want to hear about music featuring those magical bars of sweet relief known as the middle eightSo we did have a bit of a Weekend Philosophy Club after all, and who's to say the thread wasn't the ... more info

8/1 — olmadı pitchfork, olmadı500. The Big Pink - Velvet499. N.E.R.D. - Run to the Sun [Electronic version]498. Unwound - Scarlette497. Woods - Rain On496. Akufen - Deck the House (Herbert's Stop Like This Mix)495. Weezer - Island in the Sun494. Blon... more info

Totally Fuzzy — DeadBilly said...has the full-length versions of several tracks that were shortened for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Rarities box set.http://pileofvinyl.blogspot.comdb said...Lou Reed - New SensationsLou Reed - Mistrialhttp://nobones.22web.netwhiteray... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Arctic Monkeys EP for their single “Crying Lightning” is set to come out Monday in the UK. With the power of the internet both new tracks are out there. The EP includes their fantastic cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Red Right Hand” alo... more info

Guardian Music — Two copies of Crying Lightning, sold at Oxfam, will include pairs of passes to see the band live at Leeds and ReadingMusic fans picking up Arctic Monkeys' new single from Oxfam stores tomorrow have the chance to win a pair of "golden tickets".Inside ... more info

Altsounds — If you didn't catch the Arctic Monkeys' Web Transmission I have good news- two of the song performances are now up below. "Potion Approaching" is off the upcoming Humbug album, and "Red Right Hand" is a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cover. Also if you... more info