Guardian Music — Director hints that the award-winning actor might play the cult singer-songwriter in a biopic of Johnston's lifePhilip Seymour Hoffman could be in the running to play Daniel Johnston in an upcoming biopic, the film's writer/producer said this week. D... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — We've already heard a remix or two from the excellent new Liars record, Sisterworld, the double-disc edition of which features a bunch of "reinterpretations" of the songs by friends of the band, like Radiohead's Thom Yorke, TV on the R... more info

Pitchfork — Between Vampire Weekend enlisting Jonas Brother Joe Jonas to star in their "Giving Up the Gun" video and a burgeoning war between Justin Bieber and Raaaaaaaandy (aka comedian Aziz Ansari), it looks like the indie world has finally figured out how to ... more info

Guardian Music — (XL)Any TV on the Radio fan who stumbled upon Forest Green Oh Forest Green, the opening track of The ­Magician's Private Library, might wonder why it is ­attributed to Holly Miranda. Her voice is barely noticeable on it, overshadowed by TVOR vo... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — At first glance, the lead track off Massive Attack's new album "Heligoland" seems to have done the improbable and sucked the soul out of Tunde Adebimpe. The TV on the Radio vocalist cameos on "Pray for Rain," where a dissonant... more info

Live Daily — This year's Noise Pop [ tickets ] Festival in San Francisco will feature music-related films in addition to live appearances by a variety of acts including Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zer... more info

Altsounds — "Pray for Rain", featuring Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, appears on the upcoming release Heligoland, Massive Attack's highly-anticipated 5th studio album, which will feature guest vocals from Damon Albarn, Marina Topely-Bird, Guy Garvey and Tund... more info

Live Daily — Experimental indie-rockers Liars [ tickets ] have set up a short spring tour in support of their forthcoming fifth studio album, "Sisterworld," which is set for release in March. The well-traveled band--which currently calls Los Angeles home but h... more info

Rolling Stone — For the past two weeks, we’ve been looking back at the decade in music — the top albums and songs as sweated over by the Rolling Stone editors. Before you dive into our Best Albums and Songs of the 2000s, check out the final two years of our flas... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — 30. M.I.A. - "Galang"; This is the song that turned M.I.A. into an international star. The song is catchy in its repetition and shows off a variety of styles and sounds all mixed into one crazy bag. It's what started the craze and set the rise of M.I... more info