Stereogum — Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche lives in Brooklyn these days, but the 26-year old's still writing ambitious, orchestral pop that proves difficult to pin down geographically. Heartbeat Radio, the 12-song followup to the Dan in Real Life ... more info

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Totally Fuzzy — Azbest said...Faith No More 12.06.2009 Download Festival, Donington ParkOlder Stuff: Dzieci Kapitana Klossa, 52UM, Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., The Breedershttp://proskynesis.blogspot.com Sakalli said...Sonus Umbra - Snapshots fr... more info

Guardian Music — Morrissey once railed against dinosaur rock'n'roll stars - now he has joined their ranks. Len Brown sheds light on the man behind the miserable mask"Oh I know that you say, how age has no meaning, but here is your audience now, and they're screaming ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Live at Pianos, NYC - 2008/10/18. Photo: Lito Vales Good albums can be housed in so-so cover art. Take Blue, the latest offering from Her Vanished Grace, a New York quartet with a big back catalog, who have been flying under the radar longer than th... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Miles said...Frank Zappa's Musique Concrète and Synclavier Compositions, The Abnucleus Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra and The Mothers of Invention, His Aposotolic V/Blorch Injector and Variable Speed Oscillation, All Reconstructed (and in Som... more info

MVSW — Jesca Hoop, Thao with The Get Down Stay Down, Samantha Crain, Sister Suvi @ Hotel Cafe Afroman @ Palmdale Veterans Hall Rufus Wainwright @ House of Blues (Anaheim) The Answer @ Troubadour Club NME: Oliver Future, Franz Nicolay (of The Hold Steady), M... more info

Guardian Music — They can creep, they can crawl, and in some cases you can accidentally swallow them. What's bugging you?The subject of first love threw up a lot of questions. Mainly, would songs that remind you of your first love count? Well, no. No they wouldn't. W... more info

Perez Hilton — Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright's first opera, Prima Donna, is set to premiere in the UK this July! After being turned away from the Metropolitan Opera in New York (the singer refused to change the language of the libretto from French to English)... more info

Guardian Music — Biennial event highlights electro pioneers, Lou Reed and new Wainwright operaThey're both as Manchester as you can get and both immensely respected for their artistic excellence, so there was a sense of appropriateness when yesterday it was announced... more info