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

ContactMusic — Liv Tyler is trying to "define" what she wants from life. The 33-year-old model-and-actress - who learned Aerosmith's Steven Tyler was her father when she was eight years old, after believing her dad to be Todd Rundgren - feels "grateful" that her ch... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Hal Wilner's Freedom Riders show graced Prospect Park on June 16. The Celebrate Brooklyn show saw performances by Lou Reed, Rosanne Cash, Toshi Reagon, Tao Seeger, Todd Rundgren, and many others. The show celebrated the 50th..... more info

USA Today Music — Emmylou Harris' 'Hard Bargain' pays off. Plus: Steve Earle, Todd Rundgren, Bootsy Collins. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Dev Hynes is an international man of mystery as well as the busiest musician on the planet. As if his extensive work as Lightspeed Champion and with Test Icicles or co-writing with Theophilus London and Solange Knowles or a note-for-note cover of... more info

Guardian Music — Summoning the spirit of 1986, these retro-pop miserablists specialise in winsome techno and wan electro-popHometown: Stockton, California.The lineup: Justin Vallesteros, Frankie Soto, Jack Doyle Smith, Anna Luxx Ryon. The background: Some years are s... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Next to the regular music industry as most of us know it, there is of course a parallel circuit that's been around probably since the 60s, if not earlier. One could call it a cottage music industry, where people with talent that are not interested i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — After resisting the idea for many years while "The New Cars" played without him (and with Todd Rundgren in his place), Ric Ocasek has joined back up with his band The Cars, cementing the remainder of the original lineup... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Watching this 1973 performance of Todd Rundgren guesting on The Midnight Special I am immediately struck by two things: a) what a great fucking song this really is, and b) what early 70s middle America must have thought when greeted by this superfrea... more info