Stereogum — Earlier this year, Franz Ferdinand released the Covers Record Store Day EP, which features a whole mess of other artists taking on Franz tunes. One of those artists was LCD Soundsystem, whose version of “Live Alone” now has a video. Another was M... more info

411 Mania — This week's MBML has news on Xray Eyeballs, The Magnetic Fields, and Blonds. Plus, I take a look back at my best albums from 2010. And of course, I've got part one of recommended listening picks featuring a look back at 2011. All this and more! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets went on sale this morning for the 2nd Black Keys show at Madison Square Garden. Tickets are on sale at 11am for the April 3rd Magnetic Fields shows at Beacon Theater.... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Magnetic Fields* (http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/) will release their new album, Love At The Bottom Of The Sea, on March 5 via Domino Records (http://www.dominorecordco.com/). _Track Listing_ 01. Your Girlfriend's Face 02. Andrew in Drag 03. Go... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Stephin Merritt has a new The Magnetic Fields LP on the way due via Merge Records on March 6th. Love at the Bottom of the Sea is the band's 10th LP, and they'll celebrate its release with a string... more info

Stereogum — After bailing on the synth for a second there, Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields will return to more synth-heavy and acoustic arrangements on their newly announced tenth LP Love At The Bottom Of The Sea, a batch of new songs to be issued on Mer... more info

Altsounds — In March 2012 the world famous All Tomorrow's Parties will present the ATP curated by Jeff Mangum festival at Butlin's Holiday Centre, Minehead, UK. The weekend was originally set to run this December, but has been rescheduled to take place on the... more info

DrownedInSound — Following the news that the Jeff Mangum-curated ATP event was to be rescheduled, plenty of people were wondering what the line-up would like when they came to re-announcing it. Well, now we find out as it has just been confirmed that the following ba... more info

Stereogum — Last month, we reported that the version of the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival that the formerly reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum was curating had been postponed from a planned December date to a weekend in March. The festival, wh... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers have been picking their favourite albums. To end the series, Peter Robinson pines for the pop music of his pastI'm conscious that some readers, blowing into a paper bag in one hand and clutching a copy of Astral Weeks in the other, may th... more info