WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Dave Rich - The Runt If you didn't already know it, October is National Bullying Prevention Month. And, boy, do I have a horrifying theme song to offer up for the cause. Believe it or not, this song's been recorded... more info

Guardian Music — He's a 23-year-old prodigy channelling Stevie Wonder, Yes and 10cc. The question, with this artist, is 'why not?'Hometown: New Jersey.The lineup: Steve Marion (instruments).The background: Here's a little curio – a mostly non-vocal album on David B... more info

Guardian Music — Like Beck in the 90s and Todd Rundgren in the 70s, this San Diego band seem savvy enough to master any kind of musicHometown: San Diego.The lineup: Joel Williams (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, vocals), Trung Ngo (acoustic and electric ... more info

Popdose — Perhaps Todd Rundgren’s own restive muse — he’s dabbled in every major rock subgenre over the past four decades — simply makes him too difficult to categorize. Maybe Rundgren never stuck with one thing long enough. Somehow, this pop music mav... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sloan @ KF in July (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) today in NYC * 826NYC Prom @ MHOW * JJ Grey @ City Winery * Todd Rundgren @ BB King's * Holy Ghost! @ Tribeca Grand * Tell Your Friends... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Skylarking is XTC's eighth studio album, released on 27 October 1986 and produced by American musician Todd Rundgren. Skylarking is a "life-in-a-day" semi-concept album which displayed songwriting and arranging heavily influenced by The Beatles,... more info

Guardian Music — Taking the music of the past and making it sound like … a different past. White Label are using technology to write their own version of musical historyHometown: London/Berlin.The lineup: Steve A, Anth B, Tom D.The background: The whole issue of th... more info

Guardian Music — It was make-up or break-up time and you refused to walk away like Pretty Woman. Here are your favourite reversals of directionA change of mind, when it comes to pop lyrics, often involves ending a relationship. Or, perhaps, trying to reverse an over-... more info

Guardian Music — Fatima Al Qadiri pays haunting homage to the Islamic songs of her childhood by tweaking them beyond all recognitionHometown: New York.The lineup: Fatima Al Qadiri (vocals, music, production).The background: "Ay shay", according to the urban dictionar... more info

Stereogum — On their self-titled EP, San Diego duo TV Girl sampled Todd Rundgren on the sun-dappled indie pop/hooptie cruising track “If You Want It,” providing an interesting counterpoint to Neon Indian‘s more psychedelic and chillwaved rework of Todd. On... more info