Guardian Music — Mike Skinner's career follows the trajectory of a drunken night out - sharp and observant at the start, fuzzy and excessive in the middle (when he misfired with moans about fame and bad behaviour), and now going all philosophical on new album Everyth... more info

The Late Greats — I got this album in the mail months ago. I wasn’t planning on blogging about it because Alejandro gets plenty of exposure on the music blogs, hence he isn’t really Late Greats material. But, last Wednesday, Vin Scelsa played the song be... more info

Detroit Free Press — NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Twenty years after he died, Roy Orbison still can touch people with his piercing tenor. more info

Detroit Free Press — NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Twenty years after he died, Roy Orbison still can touch people with his piercing tenor. more info

AP - Twenty years after he died, Roy Orbison still can touch people with his piercing tenor. more info

Yahoo! Music — AP - Twenty years after he died, Roy Orbison still can touch people with his piercing tenor. more info

The Late Greats — (design by Joe)So the big news around these parts: Coconut Joe is taking early retirement from his 9-5, packing up his Weber mando and moving from Princeton to Minnesota. In honor of that, I have compiled a punch of songs with “over” in ... more info

Stereogum — As we've seen from her Roy Orbison at SXSW and Whitney Houston at a karaoke bar, etc., Shara Worden, aka My Brightest Diamond, isn't afraid of tackling covers. In this week's Drop she took on the Edith Piaf classic, "Adieu Mon Coeur." It's the acous... more info