Nialler9 — Highlights: Sharon Van Etten, Floating Points & Eglo records showcase, Eleanor Friedburger (left), Popicalia #15 (right), Laura Sheeran, Tim Hecker,The Jezebels, Michael Kiwanuka, Johann Johannsson, Hauscha, Dustin O’Halloran… This is the weekl... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Stream two tracks from Extra Playful: Transitions 12". Three John Cale songs have been remixed and two song are inspired by his 2011 EP Extra Playful. (John Cale - Extra Playful: Transitions by Double Six) The special release has been pres... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Glenn Branca at the 2011 Bang-on-a-Can Marathon (more by Andrew Frisicano) Fortissimo Records will present Yo Eskerrik Asko NYC!, a two-day event will descend upon Public Assembly on August 24th and 25th. Neptune, Christina Carter, White Suns, Action... more info

Guardian Music — NME Awards Tour, On tourOnce solely the preserve of young guitar slingers, the NME Awards Tour has lately evolved to offer some different takes on the traditional rock diet. It's a tough assignment, of course. Do you serve up the wildest newcomers? O... more info

Stereogum — We’re deep enough into Listmas to know which albums to expect on year-end roll calls, and how to identify something approximating an outlier. SPIN’s list of the year’s best LPs gives proper props to often overlooked records like The Men’s Lea... more info

DrownedInSound — A week of DiS, as a playlist...you should probably have the gist of what this weekly digest is by now. Won't bore you, click here to open the playlist in Spotify and amongst the blathering below you'll find links to the best bits of this week... ... more info

Guardian Music — Composer's 75th birthday to be celebrated with compilation featuring Memory Tapes, Amon Tobin and Tyondai BraxtonSome of the world's best electronic musicians are to celebrate composer Philip Glass's 75th birthday on a new remix album.Produced by Bec... more info

XLR8R — Barely two weeks after we heard that Canadian noisenik Tim Hecker was poised to follow up the breathtaking Ravedeath, 1972 album with an EP of audio "sketches," we're able to listen to that record. read more more info

DrownedInSound — Tim Hecker's Ravedeath 1972 made it onto our favourites from the first half of the year and deservedly so, because it is quite frankly brilliant. Don't be surprised to see it up there in our end of year list, although we do like to keep you guessing.... more info

XLR8R — The man responsible for one of this year's most stunning long-players (not to mention one of our favorite features and easily the longest mix of 2011), Canadian sound alchemist Tim Hecker, has announced he'll drop a new EP on October 10 via... more info