Stereogum — I mentioned Wetdog in passing last year because of their split with Blessure Grave then gave them a proper post for “Lower Leg,” the first single from their second album Frauhaus!. It’s there that I passed along the promo tidbit about “The Wi... more info

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Guardian Music — Burley Cross Postbox Theft by Nicola Barker, Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head by Rob Chapman and The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe"What emerges is a vastly satisfying and adventurous novel, a state-of-the-nation ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Seattle’s School of Rock kicks off its seventh season this weekend with five upcoming shows on the next four Saturdays: The female rebel anthems of Women Who Rule, the stylistic and eccentric songwriting of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd, the intricat... more info

Some Velvet Blog — I spent a goodly amount of time this weekend listening to Me Oh My, the new album from Cardiff/Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon. She's managed to break the spell that Laura Marling has had over me the last month, which is no small feat given just ... more info

The Telegraph — Sam Taylor explores the strange, psychedlic life of Pink Floyd legend Syd Barrett, reviewing Rob Chapman's intelligent new biography more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about avian anthems. Now we want to canvass your votes for this week's candidatesIt would be fitting, though impossible, to reduce the last thread to a tweet. After the relative disappointment of the previous week it was full to bur... more info

Guardian Music — Myths grew up about the drugged antics of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett. The reality was far more poignant, writes Sean O'HaganIn November 2001, the BBC broadcast Crazy Diamond, a documentary about Syd Barrett, the lost genius of English pastoral psychede... more info

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DrownedInSound — Congratulations plumbs a musical theatre-indebted vein of psyche pop that brings to mind the Beatles’ latter years, a bigger budget version of former tour mates Of Montreal, Syd Barrett, and even The Libertines. Read the full story on Dr... more info