Stereogum — Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Our Favorite Long Songs is the latest in the line of blockbuster compilations that's been crowding up your RSS feeds. This one is special because it benefits the destitute shareholders of the Starbucks corpor... more info

The Telegraph — Thomas Craig on Victorian crime drama Murdoch Mysteries Gold Cure and having a thing for ladies of the performing arts. more info

NME — The Futureheads, Art Brut and British Sea Power are among the artists featured on a free album of The Cure covers to be given away with the NME on February 25. more info

Totally Fuzzy — CTV said...ANY MAJOR LOVE MIX 2009:1. Donny Hathaway - A Song For You 2. Carpenters - I Won't Last A Day Without You 3. Ben Kweller - Sundress 4. The Weepies - Happiness 5. Mindy Smith - Falling 6. John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves7. The Moldy Peach... more info

New York Post — BARRY Manilow is a lot like his creation "Mandy" - you know, the kind of person who gives "without taking." Come Valentine's Day, Manilow will be giving it away in a benefit concert for Stand Up for a Cure, donating all proceeds from that Nass... more info

Totally Fuzzy — treblekickr said...The Cure- Concert- Pornography- Faith- Seventeen Seconds- Three Imaginary Boyshttp://kickr.blogspot.commike-floyd said...... some dark psychedelic freak folk from Croatia!- EAST RA - Cold Summer(mp3 zip, 11 tracks, 51 min, 114 MB -... more info

3hive — On their second full-length, Alberta, Canada's Faunts reign in their epic song structuring, meandering less while managing to maintain their expansive sound. Their new album tends to use more electronics (a more dour Postal Service?) without sacrific... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Crash The Driver said...The Same MistakesPost Punk, New Wave, Minimal Synth And Other Musical (Mis)adventuresPaul Gardiner (Ex-Gary Numan/Tubeway Army)Stormtrooper In Drag (feat. Gary Numan)Night Talk Venus In Furs (Velvet Underground Cover)No Sense ... more info

Rolling Stone — Death Cab for Cutie, “Love Song” [Cure Cover] One sad face deserves another: Ben Gibbard provides further proof that everyone who grew up in the suburbs owned a copy of Disintegration. If only he and Death Cab could swoop in and save Robert Smith... more info

Rolling Stone — In the week’s rock and reviews recap known as the New Music Report, Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard tackles everything from Bruce Springsteen’s rollicking, slide-filled performance at the Super Bowl halftime show to this year’s Coachella line... more info