Guardian Music — Loser singer working on comeback album for country musician who sold 25m records in the 80s and 90sBeck is reportedly working on a comeback album by country singer Dwight Yoakam. Yoakam, who sold more than 25m records in the 80s and 90s, is plotting ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Eric D. Johnson We recently mentioned that Fruit Bats and Vetiver play a show together on September 13 at Bowery Ballroom. That show is part of a September tour that the two bands go on together which kicks off on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yuck at Bowery Ballroom in May (more by Tamara Porras) As previously mentioned, POPPED! Music Festival is coming to Philly's FDR Park September 23 and 24. The festival will headlined by The Shins, Cage the Elephant, Girl Talk, and Pretty... more info

NME — Bright Eyes, The Shins and Ryan Adams also feature on 'Live From Nowhere Near You' more info

Guardian Music — In keeping with the current mood for retromania, today's lot drag doo wop out of history's bin and give it a modern indie spinHometown: Philadelphia, Montreal, Portland Oregon.The lineup: Nick Thorburn, Ryan Kattner, Joe Plummer, Michael Cera.The bac... more info

Impose Magazine — Sub Pop signing Spoek Mathambo is a little less out of the ordinary with Shabazz Palaces on the roster prior to inking the deal, but there's still a country mile between past Sub Pop artists like The Shins, Mudhoney, Sebadoh and Band of Horses (a... more info

Guardian Music — The producer has launched a food blog, sharing dishes he prepares for his wife. But he's not the only indie gastro geek ...Steve Albini, founder of Big Black and Shellac, producer of PJ Harvey and Nirvana, has a food blog. It's a good one, based arou... more info

Powerpopulist — Rust never sleeps, nor apparently do our favebloggers. Thanks, favebloggers. (Click anything in color to go to the posts.)The Raveonettes - Ignite - Covert CuriosityDinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene - Gimme TinnitusThe High Wire - Odds and Evens - IM/URFlee... more info

Popdose — John Mayer – Belief Modest Mouse – Missed The Boat KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová – Falling Slowly Ray LaMontagne – Three More Days The Shins – New Slang Joan Armatrading – A Woman In Love Ryan Adams – T... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This is one excellent album, posted almost anonymously on SoundCloud. I had to google to find even the slightest bit of info. Why are these guys underselling themselves like this? I mean it's nice to see them not boasting and bragging like some do, ... more info