Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonSt Vincent – aka Annie Clark – doesn't look like the type who's going to leap off the stage and assault people with a dirty great guitar. Looking out from the cover of her first two albums, 2007's prim Marry Me and 200... more info

NME — Hear a preview of 'Bullseye' on NME.COM more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonTom Waits's ragged rhythms and atonal symphonies have always inspired a fierce devotion in his musical followers. Curated and directed by occasional Waits collaborator David Coulter, this evening of interpretations of his seminal 1985... more info

Stereogum — Tim DeLaughter’s symphonic pop cult the Polyphonic Spree have released a new song via an interactive video designed by Moonbot Studios for the iPad/iPhone. Here’s the description of “Bullseye” from Apple’s app store: Play through an expansi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Architecture in Helsinki is an Australian band based in the inner Melbourne suburb of Northcote. The group consists of Cameron Bird, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland. Moment Bends is the fourth album by Architecture in ... more info

Guardian Music — This lot couldn't be more preppy if they dressed up in cardigans and slacks and entered a Vampire Weekend karaoke contestHometown: Lafayette, Louisiana.The lineup: Tiffany Lamson (vocals, percussion), Taylor Guarisco (vocals, guitar), Kirby Campbell ... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — I kind of let this anniversary slip by, didn't I? I should have planned ahead , I guess, but we all know how bad I am at that! Anyway, I suppose I'd regret it if I didn't mark my five-year milestone in some fashion, so here you g... more info

Pop Justice — One of the amazing things about pop music being about so much more than the music is that it is, often, quite possible to judge a release, or at least a significant proportion of a release, by what it looks like or what its artist's name makes it loo... more info

Lost In Your Inbox — I need to say good-bye to someone. I need to acknowledge that she's going to get sicker and she won't be with us much longer, only I have no idea what to say to her. Not only can I not find the right words, I'm having troubling fi... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — On Monday morning 11/29, Liz Berg is having Viva L'American Death Ray Music (V.L.A.D.R.M.) on. The glammy garage rock group, featuring members of Golden Triangle, Polyphonic Spree, and others, are in town to promote their new record, Miles of Smi... more info