Guardian Music — You'll never drop a hipster faux-pas again with Tony Naylor's pronunciation primerBack in ye olden days of TV and radio, everyone knew how to pronounce bands' names. We had DJs, presenters and – for problematic monikers – the BBC pronun... more info

Pasta Primavera — Minneapolis duo Peter Wolf Crier and their debut album Inter-Be made their way onto my ipod a few weeks ago and its been REALLY hard to stop playing this album (sorry for the overplay workmates). Remember that first time you heard Sea Wolf or The Dod... more info

Guardian Music — (Righteous Babe)Hitherto a deft but minor songwriter, Anaïs Mitchell arrives in major style with this "folk opera", an inspired retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice set in Depression-era America. It really is an opera, with the cream of A... more info

Pitchfork — Tom Krell leads a double life. During the day, he's a research fellow currently translating a book of "post-Kantian philosophy" in Cologne, Germany. But after work he's making narcotized, below-fi R&B as How to Dress Well. In October of last year, Kr... more info

Pitchfork — Last Saturday's Record Store Day was a resounding success. According to a press release, 1,400 stores participated, and sales and attendance were up across the board. But even if you showed up at your local vinyl emporium at the butt-crack of dawn, t... more info

DrownedInSound — London's Serpentine Sessions have announced the line-up for this year's edition, following on from Regina Spektor, Bon Iver and Tindersticks, who performed last year. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Stereogum — There were a ton of limited-edition Record Store Day releases to be had this past weekend (if you made it to an independent shop). Like Blur’s “Fools Day.” Or, as previously mentioned, the Scratch My Back-related Bon Iver/Peter Gabriel split... more info

Stereogum — When we posted about MusicNOW a couple weeks ago, I mentioned I first learned about the Ohio festival via a 2007 video of Sufjan Stevens’ moving take on “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.,” which he did with the assistance of Bryce Dessner. This year, on th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kyle Dean Reinford Vernon & Shade John Shade, who made his NYC debut at the BV/BP Haiti benefit at Music Hall of Williamsburg that Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) also played, recorded his debut album at Bon Iver's studio... more info

Undercover, Australia — A John Prine tribute album featuring My Morning Jacket and Bon Iver is on the way. more info