Pitchfork — The Matablog reports that God Help the Girl, the multi-media project from Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch, have released a brand new, previously unreleased single, "Baby You're Blind". Those Dancing Days' Linnea Jönsson handles lead voc... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: God Help the Girl - Come Monday Night (MP3) With more shows being added all the time, we thought it timely to offer an update on this year's touring calendar. It's beginning to look like a pretty busy year... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Pinhead said... Red Red Wine On A Sunday #31 - Buck Hill Here's the Playlist: King Of The Surf Guitar, Dick Dale, King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale And His Del-Tones Miserlou, Agent Orange, Living In Darkness Summer Fun, The Barracudas,... more info

Guardian Music — Rock'n'roll they aren't (they really, really aren't) but Stornoway's skill with the little details – musical and lyrical – is a delight, says Alexis PetridisBitter experience suggests only the foolhardy journalist makes rash judgments about an al... more info

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Undercover, Australia — Members of Snow Patrol, R.E.M., Belle & Sebastian, and more band together to record a country concept album. more info

Pitchfork — BBC 6Music points out that Gary Lightbody, the golden-voiced frontman for Scottish MOR mainstays Snow Patrol, has formed a new group whose membership includes R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, Belle and Sebastian drummer Richard Colburn, and Young Fresh F... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Miles said... Richie Havens: The Minstrel From Bedford-Stuyvesant The 3rd and last volume of a compilation of Richies work from his beginnings to his most recent. Find it at: http://birdswithbrokenwings2.blogspot.com Thanks Fuzzy Crew olegelagin sai... more info

Guardian Music — The life of a rock'n'roll journo can be dangerous sometimes. Who can forget the time Joe Lean got riled with me near the pancake stall at Reading festival? Or that treacherous moment when Dominic Masters told me not to sit near him on the 56 bus to C... more info

Guardian Music — Grizzly Bear, Patti Smith, and Laura Marling have been confirmed to headline the intimate Serpentine Sessions in (28, 29 Jun; 1 Jul, Hyde Park, W2, livenation.co.uk) …Marling has also been added to the bill of this year's Green Man Festival (20... more info