NME — Au Revoir Simone, Best Coast, Of Montreal also booked for Escape To New York more info

LargeHeartedBoy — All Songs Considered is streaming Patti Smith's song, "Words of Love" from the forthcoming Rave On Buddy Holly compilation album. The New York Review of Books shares a Russian journalist's 2006 interview with David Foster Wallace. Today's updates to ... more info

Altsounds — Yikes! 10 YEARS! Nuts, crazy, BIG TIME! Lot's of highlights over the years : Patti Smith at the Gothic St Jean Baptiste Church! Interpol at the tiny Jupiter Room! Poutine with Rocky Erickson! Treats with Devin the Dude! And intense drives with Bu... more info

Guardian Music — When I think of bookishness in music, it's not of Katy Perry or will.i.am, but something more awkward, more earnest, the type of music that stays inside on a sunny dayI recently found myself at two events – each extraordinary in its own way – tha... more info

Guardian Music — Listen to Emmy's new album as she talks us through each trackTo read an exclusive interview with Emmy the Great, buy Thursday's GuardianEmmy's track-by-track guideDinosaur SexDuring one tour I took photos of power plants in the north of England. When... more info

Love And The Anger — I'm a little late on this posting. The new Wild Beasts album came out a few weeks ago and its pretty beautiful. This album really holds up to their last album Two Dancers. I really loved Two Dancers and was nervous about this follow up titled ... more info

Guardian Music — Decades after revolutionising the music world, his Chronicles did a very similar service for pop autobiographiesIn looking at Bob Dylan's contribution to the field of literature, let's do the old boy a birthday kindness and discretely pass over the h... more info

Love And The Anger — EMA is a concept by Erika Anderson, formerly of a band called Gowns. Erika brings to the table influences as broad as Catpower and a touch of Patti Smith. But really, the rawness and imagery of the lyrics and vocal style bring an early Courtney Lov... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Jezabels are a four piece Sydney based band that are out to show that their whimsical style of penetrating lyrical depth, and gorgeous instrumentation is going to be the talking point for the Australian music scene for some years to come. We h... more info

Guardian Music — Singer returns to UK for first time since record-breaking residency at O2 arena in 2007Prince is to headline the Hop Farm Music festival in July. It will be the singer's only UK show of 2011, and comes as a surprise after he had been tipped to play G... more info