LargeHeartedBoy — Signature recommended new and forthcoming debut novels. Stream a new Beach House song. February's best eBook deals. Stream a new Tracey Thorn song. Full Stop shared an excerpt from Jonathan Russell Clark's book An Oasis of Horror in a Desert... more info

New York Times — Hear the week's most notable new music from Tracey Thorn, the Chainsmokers, Brazilian Girls and more. more info

Stereogum — Tracey Thorn, formerly one half of Everything But The Girl, has a new record called Record coming out. Her first solo album of original songs since 2010's Love And Its Opposite , the LP will arrive in March, and today she's sharing lead single "Quee... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Been revisiting this one since our Deep Folk 6 mix (via Ben Watt) last spring — Marine Girls second lp, 1983’s, Lazy Ways. For those unfamiliar, prior to her teaming up with Watt to launch Everything But The Girl in 1982, Tracey Thorn co-founded ... more info

Nialler9 — The new music playlist is also available on Spotify and Apple Music. Updated weekly. New music chart Majical Cloudz – ‘Silver Car Crash‘ Girl Band – ‘Paul’ Battles – ‘The Yabba’ John Grant – ‘Disappointing’ feat. Tracey Thor... more info

Nialler9 — The new single, ‘Disappointing’, from John Grant’s forthcoming album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure immediately sounds fresh for the singer, with a bassline that comes across like Axel F’s Beverley Hills Cop theme that gives way to some light f... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis John Grant will release his third solo album, titled Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, on October 2 via Bella Union. That's the cover art, above. The album was recorded in Dallas with producer John Congleton (St Vincent, Franz... more info

Stereogum — The Falling is the debut feature film director Carol Morley. It’s about a fainting epidemic in an all girls school in the 1960s, but really it’s about friendship, growing up, femininity, and control. Watch a trailer for it here if you’re not fa... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Booty, beauty, beats and Kate Bush. Below, a rundown of some of what happened this week in popular music.  more info