The Quietus — And help us choose which Iain Pollard & Jane Forsyth films to screen at the East London Film Festival more info

Guardian Music — O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonThe fearsome woman who takes to the stage at this sold-out show is clad boot-to-cape in black, like a high art reading of a Scottish Widows advert. Surrounded by billowing black drapes, Lykke Li is lit by strobing sea... more info

Stereogum — Matt Berninger sings about being evil in the National’s “Conversation 16.” Now he digs into Grinderman’s “Evil,” a Grinderman 2 track appearing in various versions on a red glitter 12″ single (+ CD) that Nick Cave & Co. put together for... more info

Guardian Music — Dolly Parton is looking to seal her place in pop's colourful history of duets with a Lady Gaga collaborationThe history of pop is littered with colourful duets, from sensual (Diana Ross and Lionel Ritchie), to the surprising (Nick Cave and Kylie Mino... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong Belong is the second studio album from New York indie band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. It was released on March 29, 2011 through Slumberland Records. The album was recorded in the fall of 2010 after ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Today's piece was inspired by something I read in a newspaper supplement last weekend. Graeme Thomson is one of the best writers around in the UK - a regular contributor to many of the monthly music mags as well as popping up across many newspapers.�... more info

Totally Fuzzy — To make up for the error with the Ellie Goulding snippets of my previous post here's a real full album stream... and of a great album by the way. J Mascis (born Joseph Donald Mascis on December 10, 1965) is an American musician, best-known as t... more info

Gigwise — She tells Scottish fans... more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time Hobby)Timber Timbre are a Canadian trio whose rootsy third album, released in 2009, suggested they were born and raised in the deep south. Its follow-up is less indebted to folk, combining doo-wop, crepuscular blues and, on "Swamp Magic", ... more info

Guardian Music — Alexis Petridis is joined by Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Kitty Empire to review new music, talk about bombastic stadium bands, and muse on Nick Cave pottering around in B&QAlexis PetridisIain ChambersScott CawleyBen Beaumont-ThomasKitty Empire more info