Impose Magazine — Austin's Stefanie Franciotti, aka Sleep ∞ Over, recently shared two new tracks, both of which are featured on the Rooftop 7,' released through Hippos in Tanks. The original track, 'Rooftop,' and the Vashti Bunyan cover of 'I Want to Be Alone' ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — While my perception of “winter” has wholly changed since moving to California 11 years ago, Bunyan’s haunting 1966 rendering of “Winter Is Blue” continues to inhabit the season existentially. Culled from an unreleased acetate, later tacked�... more info

The Bay Bridged — You need to know this first: I adore almost every obscure female folk artist from 1965-72, from Karen Dalton and Vashti Bunyan to Linda Perhacs and Sibylle Baier. I’m just a sucker for those kinds of quiet, weird albums that seem to have been recor... more info

XLR8R — Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet, has a considerable, not to mention incredibly consistent, back catalog. In addition to producing his own acclaimed records, the London-based producer has worked with late jazz drummer Steve Reid, folk singer-s... more info

Guardian Music — Composer and arranger of 60s French pop hits, horror film scores and 'audio homages' to the Stones and the Beach BoysWhen the Verve's Bittersweet Symphony became one of pop's more famous copyright cases in the late 1990s, it was widely known that 100... more info

Guardian Music — What irks me is that the Smiths allowed a song so clearly about non-material values to be used to part us from our cashWell, once Bob Dylan had cracked and allowed Love Sick to appear in the service of Victoria's Secrets, it was bound to happen: arti... more info

Stereogum — The beloved British folk-rock singer-songwriter John Martyn died back in 2009, and the new double-CD compilation Johnny Boy Would Love This features folks like Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, and Martyn collaborator Phil Collins paying Martyn tribut... more info

Guardian Music — (ABSOLUTE)It's a sign of John Martyn's far-reaching influence that the 30 covers here include songs from octogenarian gospel singers (Clarence Fountain), 80s goths (Robert Smith) and indie whippersnappers (Bombay Bicycle Club), though folk and blues ... more info

Stereogum — If you didn’t know it before, Wes Eisold’s recent Summer Mix should’ve clued you into the breath of the Cold Cave leader’s listening habits. His remix of Belle & Sebastian’s “I Didn’t See It Coming” would make sense on the aforementio... more info

Guardian Music — Have a cool Christmas with our selection of the season's finest gigsVampire WeekendA mammoth victory-lap tour for preppy afro-influenced indie rockers, who arrive bearing intriguingly eclectic support acts at their two London shows (on 2 and 3 Decem... more info