Nialler9 — This might just be my post of the year. 20 songs from 24 artists (remixes double it up) who appear at Electric Picnic this year clocking in at 63 minutes. This mixtape has some of my favourite music of the year contained within it, mixed to the best ... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Quartet Surfer Blood kind of sounds like it's socking Brian Wilson over the head with a distortion pedal, spewing pleasant harmonies imbued with scuzzy guitars and boundless white noise. Since originally forming as TV Club a few years back, lead voca... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The songwriter passed away earlier this week. She was 68. more info

Live Daily — Rock icon Meat Loaf [ tickets ] will take time away from recording a new album to headline the 2009 Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp later this year in Hollywood, joining an all-star roster of performers and celebrity counselors The camp's fall session,... more info

Live Daily — Neil Young [ tickets ] will be named the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year next January for his artistic accomplishments and philanthropic work. The 20th anniversary gala--featuring a reception, silent auction, dinner and star-studded concert--wil... more info

Guardian Music — Superlative praise is just one of the many ways the great outsider artist Daniel Johnston has been done a disserviceHe may not chase fame, but cult songwriter Daniel Johnston is currently receiving more attention than ever. With a movie of his life i... more info

Guardian Music — Amy Winehouse's dad isn't the first pop star relation to have a go at singing. But keeping it in the family isn't always the best ideaWhen stories broke last week that Mitch Winehouse – father of Amy – planned to release an album, you c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brian Wilson @ Hammerstein Ballroom last November (more by Tim Griffin) Paul Zollo: You've been regarded as a musical genius throughout your career. Has that put too much pressure on you? Brian Wilson: No, it doesn't put pressure on me.... more info

Stereogum — When Bradford Cox's server got hacked, a version of the unreleased Atlas Sound LP Logos spread all over the web. As he told us recently, that was just a draft; the real LP is a far cry from Let The Blind..., less laptop/bedroom pop, more collaborativ... more info

Guardian Music — There has been a minor vogue over the last few years for musicians reassessing the recordings of their youth. Brian Wilson did it in 2004 with his much-bootlegged but never properly recorded, mythical Smile sessions. In 2007, Vic Godard turned the Su... more info