Sweeping The Nation — After a stint as part of the Mark Ronson charabanc and having watched her brother become the famous one with Toy it does seem a while since Dougall has been around but this first taste of a second album we know nothing else about yet is a fine step o... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, Erykah Badu and members of Trash Talk and Stereolab. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — The Stereolab singer is calling for quiet with the title of her politically themed sophomore album — not to quash debate, but so we can finally hear what's important. more info

Guardian Music — From the Clash to Boy George to Ian Dury, musical creativity and squat culture are inseparable – which is why this new law is such a bad ideaThis weekend a new law came into force that makes squatting – the occupation of empty buildings by otherw... more info

Guardian Music — CCA, GlasgowIn our post-Mumford age, the term "folk-rock" suggests something reedy and pastoral, possibly featuring a banjo. Trembling Bells burrow deeper into both genres, channelling energies ancient, elemental and, crucially, loud. In the past yea... more info

Prefix — Before we begin listing things, a few notes about the list you are about to read. 1. If we've already ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/bad-religion-buffalo-tom-eric-b-rakim-luna-lush-polvo-stereolab-the-goats/quarantini... more info

Prefix — Silencio, Laetitia Sadier's second solo album, finds the Stereolab singer exploring the edges of pop-jazz. The rhythms are fluid, the ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/laetitia-sadier/the-rule-of-the-game-video/67672/ more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Juliet Barker, author of The Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family, ranks the Bronte sisters' novels at Publishers Weekly, Stereogum ranks Ryan Adams' albums from worst to best. The Quietus interviews former Stereolab sing... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The solo album by Stereolab singer Laetitia Sadier, Silencio, is my personal favorite this week, but many others stand out. The Antlers' Undersea EP, Eternal Summers' Correct Behavior, Fang Island's Major, Micachu & The Shapes' Never, Passion Pit's G... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Stereolab, the world's greatest Kraut-lounge act, ended its two-decade-long organ riff in 2009. French frontwoman Laetitia Sadier has carried on in its absence, and on Silencio, she's made an honest-to-goodness protest album. Laetitia Sadie... more info