Altsounds — Once again, Meanfiddler brings to the Capital's live scene two young and promising acts to keep an eye on. Scholars already played with Hundred Reasons, Canterbury, Tubelord, The Xcerts, Blakfish, The Maple State, Baddies and Dutch Uncles; Lights... more info

Guardian Music — Holy Trinity, St AndrewsThis was really two concerts rolled into one: a programme of 20th-century string orchestra masterpieces with a concert of 16th-century English choral music in the middle. Linking various strands of the East Neuk festival prog... more info

KEXP Seattle — These days KEXP plays quite a bit of rap and hip hop, of course during Street Sounds every week, but also mixed into pretty much all of the variety mix DJs’ sets. From Blue Scholars to Shabazz Palaces, Public Enemy to LL Cool J, most of the DJs he... more info

KEXP Seattle — Greetings Friends, Michele Myers here… producer of KEXP Documentaries.  This week we launched a new 10-part series “Hip-Hop: The New Seattle Sound.”  We picked 10 of our hottest local acts and are doing short radio stories on them. It was har... more info

Totally Fuzzy — swvccswvcc said... The System - You Are In My System b/w Now I Am Electric (12", 1982) [vinyl rip] Cheech & Chong - Born In East L.A. (7" single, 1985) [vinyl rip] Chunky A - Owwww! (cassingle, 1989) [cassette rip] http://swvccswvcc.blogspot.com ... more info

Guardian Music — (Gimell)One of the most influential choral recordings of our time was of Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories, sung with raw passion half a century ago by the Westminster Cathedral Choir under George Malcolm. Over their 30 years of recording, the Tallis ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Gentlemen and Scholars* (http://absolutepunk.net/gentlemenandscholars) are currently writing for the follow-up to 2009's The Fault. Submitted by G&SPatrick more info

Guardian Music — Tallis Scholars/Phillips(Gimell)As Peter Phillips points out in his sleeve notes to his choir's beautifully understated recording of one of the greatest achievements of Spanish Golden Age polyphony, the expressive intensity driving Victoria's music m... more info

The Newsroom - Creative art historians have made a cottage industry out of trying to prove various theories about the Mona Lisa but never has anyone gone to the macabre lengths proposed by a team of Italian scientists and art historians. more info

L.A. Times - News — Challengers of the same-sex marriage ban plan to call to the stand homosexual couples, experts on the history of sexual discrimination and marriage, and the architects of the ballot measure. ... more info