Guardian Music — Weighing up true love against the cold truth of mortality – the amorous and the anatomical – is a surprisingly effective wooing techniqueA friend of mine recently lent me a copy of some collected short stories written by the American wr... more info

Guardian Music — Brighton DomePosthumous leaps in popularity come no more dramatic than that experienced by Nick Drake. During his brief recording career, he would have struggled to draw enough fans to fill the Brighton Dome's gents. Today, demand to hear his music p... more info

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Guardian Music — Bad gal Courtney Love gears up for a one-off appearance with "a modified Hole" (17 Feb, Shepherd's Bush Empire, ticketmaster.co.uk) before the release of upcoming album Nobody's Daughter …More female guitar-slinging can be caught from Queen of ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — some upcoming shows @ City Winery in NYC 12/29 - David Johansen 12/30 - David Johansen 12/31 - Los Lobos (early & late) 01/01 - Joseph Arthur & Charlie Mars 01/22 - Bob Mould w/ Jon Auer 01/23 -... more info

Live Daily — Frank Black [ tickets ], Bob Mould [ tickets ], Bobby McFerrin [ tickets ], Living Colour [ tickets ], Robyn Hitchcock [ tickets ] and The Smithereens [ tickets ] will be among the artists honoring the music of The Who [ tickets ] at a March 2 tribut... more info

Altsounds — Krystle Warren will be appearing alongside Green Gartside,Lisa Hannigan,Teddy Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock, Scott Matthews and Vashti Bunyan in *Way To Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake* tour in January 2010. Nick Drake's obscurity during his lifetime... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Let's rock for charity. On March 2, 2010 a host of artists pay tribute to The Who at Carnegie Hall in New York: 100% of the net proceeds from this event to benefit: Fixing Instruments Kneeded in Schools, Church Street School for Music & Art, The P... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonWith his dub-reggae side-projects, cartoon bands and Chinese opera soundtracks, Damon Albarn has long been viewed as the creative Renaissance Man behind Blur, with guitarist Graham Coxon stuck with the image of resolutely indie crafts... more info

Stereogum — It's not just you -- SXSW's attempt to drum up excitement by revealing this initial list really is coming earlier every year. 2009's list didn't come until this year started; 2010's comes before Black Friday even had a chance. It's like your local... more info