JamBase — THE LOW ANTHEM TO RELEASE NONESUCH RECORDS DEBUT OH MY GOD, CHARLIE DARWIN ON JUNE 9 East Coast tour dates include Bonnaroo & NYC's Bowery Ballroom The Low Anthem Rhode Island-based trio The Low Anthem releases its Nonesuch Records debut, Oh My ... more info

NME — The vinyl release will be out on Saturday (April 18) more info

Said the Gramophone — Patrick Watson - "Fireweed". Patrick Watson's Wooden Arms is leaps & bounds better than his debut and it is an album full of leaps and bounds. He is a pretty singer, and his lyrics lilt, yet it's the instrumental landscape that thrums, hums, brings t... more info

Radio Exile — Kurt Cobain’s Death Shocked the Music World 15 Years Ago Today [Buzzgrinder] Rock The Bells announces 2009 Hip Hop Fest/Tour Lineup [Brooklyn Vegan] Tom Waits Honors Record Store Day With Exclusive Single [Prefix Mag] Bon Iver & Elvis Perkins ... more info

All About Jazz — Long known for merging rustic Americana with atmospheric jazz, Bill Frisell brought to the Skirball Center on Thursday night. His new Disfarmer Project, a suite of as-yet- untitled compositions intended for a future CD release that are inspired by... more info

JamBase — Epitaph Label Reaches Milestone With 2 Albums In The Billboard Top 20 JamBase wants to send congratulations out to Epitaph and Anti- for scoring two separate records in the Billboard Top 20 for the first time in the history of the label. This w... more info

Guardian Music — It is, at least for a while, your crowning glory – but what are you going to do with it?There are hundreds of great songs about the effects of fame, but I was particularly pleased to see Usher's Superstar in this week's list. Usher really is a... more info

Guardian Music — Are the producer and singer-songwriter the most well-connected people in pop? A mysterious promotional poster for their forthcoming project promises more star cameos than Live AidDavid Lynch, Iggy Pop, Gruff Rhys, members of the Strokes, the Shins, t... more info

Guardian Music — For his first album in more than a decade, the legendary Stax soul man and leader of the MGs has enlisted the Americana heavyweights on the noisiest record of his lifeBooker T Jones might be making the best rock'n'roll album of the year. The legendar... more info

Helen Brown celebrates a rounded portrait of the fiercely private singer, reviewing 'A Life of Tom Waits' by Barney Hoskyns 'I want a sink and a drain / And a faucet for my fame, wrote Tom Waits. The eccentric Californian singer-songwriter has, for more info