Guardian Music — St George's, BristolHonouring the bicentenary of Franz Liszt's birth, pianist Stephen Hough made the composer's B Minor Sonata the culmination of this recital. For lesser mortals, it would have been enough to ease themselves in with a low-key sequenc... more info

Altsounds — The legendary, fantastic Rebecca Gates (Spinanes) and her band, The Consortium (Joanna Bolme of Jicks, Quasi, drummer Ji Tanzer of Blue Cranes and various other Blue Cranes members) are descending upon the NE to play new and old songs alike for YO... more info

Bradley's Almanac — Now that we're living in world where everyone writes something about everything instantly, it shouldn't be surprising that relatively new quartet Wild Flag has been the subject of more pre-release digital scribbling than any band without studio recor... more info

Guardian Music — 19 December: Fill your face with turkey and trifle this Christmas ... then burn it all off with Domino's Let's Get Physical playlistYou're not going to be thinking of jogging for a few weeks (we hope) but when you do want to burn off those Christmas ... more info

Guardian Music — Janet Weiss and Carrie Brownstein join fellow 90s heroines Rebecca Cole and Mary Timony for latest groupSix months after hinting at a new project, two members of Sleater-Kinney have revealed their new band – and it's got terrific indie cred. Drumme... more info

Stereogum — No music just yet, but I imagine the Portland, OR/Washington D.C. quartet Wild Flag will come up with something interesting. The group includes Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss (also of Quasi, of course) with Helium’s Mary Timon... more info

Guardian Music — Indie likes to pride itself on having an enlightened sense of gender relations. But that doesn't stop female audience members from being groped at showsI've often thought that indie kids try to purport a more enlightened sense of gender relations bet... more info

KEXP Seattle — Despite the heat, the 8th Annual KEXP BBQ last Saturday brought out crowds of KEXP listeners for a full day’s lineup of great performances by Quasi, Suckers, The Lonely Forest, The Joy Formidable, Dinosaur Feathers, and Victor Shade. Check out thes... more info

Guardian Music — This month we look at how gloomy Manchester indie could be linked to the expressive ritual cycles of Northwest Coast Indians. Oh, and I try and answer the question you all wanted to know ...If your question wasn't answered this week (I was excited to... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellPavement's all-conquering reunion tour continues to roll across the world. And today, the indie deities added new shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, Columbus, and Austin. The band won't announce too many more shows for thi... more info