My Old Kentucky — Photo: Jay Janner, AMERICAN-STATESMANAfter the life that he’s lived and almost lost, it’s no surprise that Alejandro Escovedo puts on an incendiary performance that would probably embarrass most artists half his age. At nearly sixty, an... more info

Guardian Music — (Iamsound)Vampire Weekend aren't the only band making African highlife music the unlikely heartbeat of indie pop. A Los Angeles 12-piece including former members of We Are Scientists and the Fall, Fool's Gold sound something like an Afrobeat Talking ... more info

Stereogum — The concept behind Peter Gabriel's forthcoming indie rock covers project is an intriguing one: it's a song swap, Peter singing over orchestral reinterpretations of songs from a staggering list of artists -- Bon Iver, Lou Reed, the Mag Fields, Radi... more info

Stereogum — Here lies the first listen from Here Lies Love, the weirdo concept album about Imelda Marcos, the shoe-obsessed widow of the Philippines' former dictator. It comes courtesy of everyone's favorite dignified oddball/indie rock renaissance man David Byr... more info

MTV.com News — The buzzed-about new-wave revivalists get ready to release their full-length debut this spring.By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Christopher "CJ" Smith Suckers Photo: MTV News Who: Suckers, a quartet of new-wave revivalists from Brooklyn... more info

Guardian Music — This secretive boy-girl duo have so far retained a sense of anonymity and mystique, but not for much longer – they are going to be a big deal over the next few monthsHometown: London.The lineup: Summer Camp (vocals, keyboards).The background: ... more info

Guardian Music — He's been a Roxy original, the inventor of 'ambient', Bowie's muse, the brain in Talking Heads and U2's 'fifth man'. Now Eno tells us where he's heading nextWhen influential music website Pitchfork listed its 100 greatest albums of the 1970s –... more info

Stereogum — We've spoken about Scratch My Back , Peter Gabriel's anticipated Bob Ezrin-produced orchestral covers collection featuring reinterpretations of Radiohead, Arcade Fire, the Magnetic Fields, Bon Iver, Elbow, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, Regina Spektor,... more info

Guardian Music — Who'll be big in 2010? The acts that feature on every list, probably. So instead, our writers have chosen the acts they would like to see succeed this year, even if the odds are stacked against them …Fool's Gold and Little CometsIf Talking Head... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 12-31 Chicago, IL - River East Arts Center01-13 New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^02-04 Newcastle, England - O2 Academy02-05 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Barrowlands02-06 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy02-07 Leeds, England - O2 Academy02-0... more info