Guardian Music — Union Chapel, London"Call the Samaritans!" yelps New Zealand's Kimbra Lee Johnson, jolting, convulsing and throwing coin-operated Pierrot poses around the Union Chapel stage in a pink puffball mini-dress, like a demonically possessed princess doll co... more info

CNN Showbiz — Musician Regina Spektor talks to CNN's Shanon Cook about performing in Moscow, 23 years after emigrating to the U.S. more info

Guardian Music — (8FT)Performance artist, former Dresden Doll, tweeter, poseur, bisexual and wife of goth fiction god Neil Gaiman – Amanda Palmer's bohemian pursuits have rather overshadowed her music until now, but her third album reveals a vibrant songwriter as k... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Lightning Love Detroit's Lightning Love released their sophomore LP, Blonde Album, last week (8/28) as the followup to 2008's November Birthday. It's a catchy collection of pop songs that have gained some accurate comparisons to Regi... more info

Consequence of Sound — The singer-songwriters tells us "How". more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amoreena Lucero Franz Ferdinand / Jack White / Bloc Party, Outside Lands 8/12/2012 Outside Lands might be the only major festival where 93 percent of the musical acts on the bill could walk the grounds without getting recognized.... more info

Prefix —   San Francisco is well-known for many things: the Wharf, salt from the Bay stinging your nostrils, a thriving psychedelic ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/andrew-bird-beck-explosions-in-the-sky-jack-white-neil-young-a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (via @leiaj) Tickets for the Sloan Twice Removed show at Maxwell's go on sale today at noon and tickets for the MHOW show go on AmEx presale today at noon. Tickets for the Texas is the Reason show at Music... more info

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me projectI'm Joe Taylor, and I write about new and exciting music over at the Music Hoarder. I'm glad I've had the chance to share my funeral song – this has t... more info

Prefix — Photo Gallery of Days 2 and 3 at Outside Lands in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park (August 11 ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/outside-lands-days-2-3-pics/ more info