The Telegraph — Special vinyl releases and live shows planned on Saturday to celebrate independent record shops. more info

Stereogum — As Thom’s on holiday from newspaper delivery, Radiohead will have a new single out this weekend. It’s a Record Store Day 7″ but it won’t be available in the States. So while you wait for “Supercollider” b/w “The Butcher” to appear on ... more info

Guardian Music — Gorillaz' latest is a low-key set made on an iPad on tour. It has a few great flashes, reckons Alexis PetridisThere was something a little odd about the fanfare accompanying the arrival of Gorillaz's fourth album: there wasn't any. No big interviews ... more info

NME — Ed O'Brien says there's no new album in the offing more info

Gigwise — You can hear them on Gigwise... more info

KEXP Seattle — As Letters of Note points out, two responses to Radiohead fan mail have been unearthed. Both are penned by frontman Thom Yorke, one handwritten in ’94 and one typed in ’96. The first, pre-Bends, is a letter in which Yorke muses about someday havi... more info

Stereogum — Letters Of Note features two letters written by Thom Yorke in response to fan letters he received early in Radiohead’s career. Yorke wrote one in 1994, while the band was still recording The Bends, while the other was typed up by Yorke for a fan in... more info

Guardian Music — Last week, Guardian critics talked about the tracks of their tears. Then you lot joined in by listing the songs you play when you've been, you know, chopping onions ... Add to our collaborative playlistLast week, in the spirit of Nick Clegg's leaky-e... more info

Nialler9 — My Digital internet-related column appears in Irish Independent’s Day and Night every Friday and this post is your friendly reminder to check it out in print or online. This week: A feature on the Amazon Cloud Player and what it means for music. Em... more info

Guardian Music — Afrobeat bandleader Seun Kuti shares his views on politics, Egypt 80 and the long shadow cast by his fatherOver the course of a one-hour interview, Seun Kuti talks – engagingly, entertainingly, animatedly, often hilariously – about a range of sub... more info