Here Comes The Flood — Marco Z, an indie country folk pop singer from Hasselt, Belgium has just released his I'm A Bird EP. His songs deal with heartbreak (My Ears) and regained freedom in the title track. His acoustic cover of the Holland-Doziet-Holland song This Old He... more info

Topix — Singer/songwriter Pj Harvey has fought off competition from Radiohead and Paul Simon to land the prestigious Uncut Music Award 2011 for her album Let England Shake. more info

Starpulse — Singer/songwriter PJ Harvey has fought off competition from Radiohead and Paul Simon to land Britain's prestigious Uncut Music Award 2011 for her album Let England Shake. The war-themed record la... more info

ContactMusic — Singersongwriter Pj Harvey has fought off competition from Radiohead and Paul Simon to land Britains prestigious Uncut Music Award 2011 for her album Let England Shake The war-themed record landed the coveted Mercury Prize in September 11 and the hon... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Ergo @ The Stone * Paul Simon @ NJPAC * Leni Stern @ Barbes * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * comedy @ Knitting Factory * The Cure @ Beacon Theatre * Alec K. Redfearn @... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — A 25th anniversary tour to celebrate Paul Simon's landmark "Graceland" album next year is in the early planning stages. The tour would coincide with a "Graceland" box set that Sony Legacy will release in the late spring, most likely in... more info

Swedesplease — I believe I’m the worldwide expert on Klifton Filente (posts here and here). With that said I really know very little about him. The band is really just Jonas Lundvall from Gothenburg. In the past I have compared his sound to that of Paul Simon or ... more info

411 Mania — They're among the 25 recordings going in… more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonAlison Krauss wears her celebrity lightly. A refreshingly unassuming performer, she came on stage clutching her fiddle as if she was appearing at a bluegrass festival back in the midwest, and after just one song stepped bac... more info

Chicago Tribune — Mastodon: The Atlanta quartet rewrites the metal handbook with virtually every release. Their latest, “The Hunter” (Reprise), provides a relatively concise overview of their wide-ranging sound, covering everything from progressive journeys to th... more info