Totally Fuzzy — Rowe’s honest and haunting songwriting have already earned comparisons to Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks phase, for his abstract lyric phrasing, and the way he crafts an experience of emotion, rather than telling a linear tale. Most powerfully he ... more info

Guardian Music — Polly Harvey opens up to Dorian Lynskey about 20 years in music and the emotions behind her latest dark masterpiecePolly Jean Harvey chooses her words carefully. Her lyrical perfectionism is the chief reason why her new album, Let England Shake, has ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This is a very nice promo sampler, mostly relatively unknown stuff, some of it not even released yet, but definitely worth exploring, some great stuff in here, trust me ;) I added some more of these samplers, the December and January playlists, i... more info

Totally Fuzzy — All tracks taken from the new album 'Sketches From The Book Of The Dead' Released May 2nd (May 3rd - USA) on MUTE RECORDS. Michael John Harvey (born 29 August 1958 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian rock musician, composer, arr... more info

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