Pitchfork — Give. Listen. Help. Volume 5 is a double-disc, 27-song collection of tunes from a pretty impressive cast of characters, due at your local Urban Outfitters from October 15 of this year through January 31 of the next. Radiohead, Of Montreal, the Decemb... more info

Mercury News, California — Tickets on saleAvailable nowThe Decemberists. Nov. 25. The Warfield, San Francisco. Ticketmaster.Ben Folds. more info

Said the Gramophone — [photo source] Alina Simone - "Half My Kingdom". A Brooklyn singer born in the Ukraine, singing a song by the Russian folk-punk Yanka Dyagileva - the title translated but the rest still Russian. But this is not as impenetrable as it sounds. Simon... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!Spinner.com: A previously unheard David Bowie track called 'Mocking Bird' has been discovered. The song is a rare recording of Bowie's first band, the Konrads.The Decemberists will be returning to the road in support ... more info