L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Life is terrible. The world hates you. Even your mother and father have forsaken you. But at least there's someone who's more misunderstood than you. "Safe in your place deep in the earth/That's when they'll know what you were really worth," sings Ni... more info

Guardian Music — Concordia/BCMG/Azalea/Austin(NMC)The nine pieces here, songs, ensemble works and solo instrumentals, encompass a decade in Tansy Davies's career as a composer, from the solo-violin Loure of 2000 to Static and This Love, two settings of poems by Nick ... more info

Guardian Music — Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's will refuses permission for his music to feature in ads. Even the Clash couldn't manage thatIn June British Airways premiered a TV advert intended to ram home its status as the "official airline partner" of the Olympics and P... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Cover Me shared a collection of Nick Drake covers. Flavorwire interviews author Said Sayrafiezadeh. How would you describe the state of American fiction today? Is there anything you love or hate about it? If the Caribbean cruise ship I was... more info

Impose Magazine — 1. The Obvious Let's get every obvious legend out of the way: Biggie, James Brown, Otis Redding, dead Beatles not named John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Nick Drake, Janis Joplin, etc. These are no brainers and there are plenty others. 2. Ian Curtis... more info

Guardian Music — (Parlour Door)Krystle Warren is a true original. Born in Kansas, she busked in New York and Paris, before her 2009 album Circles led to comparisons with Nina Simone and Tracy Chapman. She has recently become a darling of the English folk scene, appea... more info

Guardian Music — The South By Southwest music festival kicks off in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, promising a familiar array of big names, little names and names you will never remember when you've sobered upEven if you're not heading to SXSW, here are 20 acts those on ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — John Coltrane’s favorite vocalist, Andy Bey made his name in the 60s and 70s honing his chops with the likes of Gary Bartz and Horace Silver. Tall company. Bey’s 1998 album, Shades of Bey, is comprised of interpretive covers including a dark rea... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Brooklyn singer-songwriter's sophomore full-length takes a major leap forward March 6, intrepid Brooklyn singer-songwriter Mike Wexler released Dispossession, his second full-length and first for new label home, Mexican Summer. It's als... more info

Guardian Music — Whether it was intended that way or not, Michael Kiwanuka's debut ticks a lot of the boxes required for pop success in 2012If such a thing as a racing certainty still exists in these turbulent times for rock and pop, then Michael Kiwanuka's debut alb... more info