Guardian Music — Last week was all about songs struggling to stay awake. Now we want you to suggest music to soundtrack a returning voyagerLast week was a quieter one in which we could all gather our thoughts, get some shut-eye and, if you're Tincanman, do a bit of g... more info

Stereogum — New York producer and multi-instrumentalist Jason Drake, aka Cassettes Won't Listen, has already given us the free One Alternative EP, which offered his laptop covers of Pavement, Sebadoh, etc., as well as his Ludacris/G 'N R mashup Ludacris Democrac... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said...JOHN LENNON It's Gonna Be Alright - Plastic Ono Band Sessions (1970)Studio quality outtakes examining "Love."Listen Before You Download At...NEVER GET OUT OF THE BOAThttp://nevergetoutoftheboat.blogspot.comThanks Fuzzymp3hugger said...... more info

Guardian Music — Superlative praise is just one of the many ways the great outsider artist Daniel Johnston has been done a disserviceHe may not chase fame, but cult songwriter Daniel Johnston is currently receiving more attention than ever. With a movie of his life i... more info

Totally Fuzzy — danny bottle neck said...Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked RainChris Garneau - Music for Tourists http://chupchick.blogspot.comTHANKS!jeffen said...Is the supply of obscure seventies mod-punk-power-pop inexhaustible?Yes.V.A.- Every One A Classic Volum... more info

Stereogum — WHY? founding member and lead man Yoni Wolf pays tribute to another adept phrase turner with this cover of Pavement's "Shoot The Singer (1 Sick Verse)," from that band's 1992 EP Watery, Domestic. Wolf is sitting alone at the piano here, so it's a rea... more info

Totally Fuzzy — danny bottle neck said...múm - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy (2007)Matt Elliott - Drinking Songs (2005)Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk (1967)Andrew Bird - Soldier On (2007)Tom Waits - The Early Years, Vol. One (1991)Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrju... more info

Live Daily — Sonic Youth [ tickets ] has added an additional leg of Western US dates to its itinerary this fall as the band continues to support its latest studio release, "The Eternal." The seven-city slate picks up where the band's current trek--which contin... more info

Guardian Music — Belle and Sebastian are the true heirs to the sharp, sunshiny sound of Glasgow's Postcard records, writes Liam McIllvanney, and the new project by the band's songwriter is a triumphI was 12 or 13 when a boyfriend of my sister started coming to our ho... more info

JamBase — WE GO UNPLUGGED AS OUR THOUGHTS WING NORTHWARD This morning we find ourselves thinking of back porches and non-amplified stages, acoustic music on the brain as this year's Northwest String Summit gets underway. Our faithful scribe Sarah Hagerma... more info