Guardian Music — In one memorable line in MacArthur Park, Richard Harris sang of being pressed in love's hot fevered iron like a striped pair of pantsDriving through the US last year, I became a touch obsessed with a run of stations I found on the car radio, each pla... more info

Guardian Music — Fans of all things innocent and bright will love this blend of 60s baroque, luscious harmony and sunshine popHometown: Bournemouth.The lineup: Dan Solo (Omnichord), Miles Copeland (Sea Organ), Shawn Lee (vocals, guitar).The background: For some, incl... more info

Dlisted — Kim Fields (41) Jason Biggs (32) Malin Ackerman (32) Mackenzie Astin (37) Christian Campbell (38) Jamie Luner (39) Samantha Mathis (40) Tony Hawk (42) Catherine Tate (42) Stephen Baldwin (44) Deborah Kara Unger (44) Vanessa "Melrose Place" Williams (... more info

Guardian Music — The new album from the Television Personalities songsmith confirms that he is the poet laureate of working-class LondonSometimes pop music surprises me. Who would have thought MGMT were big Television Personalities fans? I was shocked to see they had... more info

MTV.com News — Music director Adam Anders talks about last night's Kristin Chenoweth/ Matthew Morrison mash-up.By Audrey Kim Kristen Chenoweth in the "Home" episode of "Glee" Photo: FOX When Gleeks tuned into Tuesday night's episode of "Glee," what they s... more info

All About Jazz — As Nancy Wilson's visibility and popularity grew in the early 1960s, so did her workload. In the days before scandals were built into marketing plans and stadium concerts provided artists with instant mass exposure, pop singers had to work tirelessly... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kathryn Yu Velvet-smooth vintage hitmaker Burt Bacharach has all sorts of admirers: Elvis Costello, Dr. Dre, Austin Powers. Add Jim O'Rourke to the list. TwentyFourBit points out that postrock pioneer and current Japan resident O'Rourke pr... more info

Stereogum — Jim O’Rourke’s Burt Bacharach tribute album is only out in Japan. But this cover of “(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me” made it to YouTube, where it can join the hundreds of other covers of this classic track (from Dionne Warwic... more info

Guardian Music — (Flying Blue Whale)Chris Garrick is one of the world's leading orthodox jazz violinists. His range stretches from Stephane Grappelli's flirtatious urbanity, through a barn-dance robustness, to a classical fastidiousness with slow romantic music, and ... more info

All About Jazz — Soon after English pop star Cilla Black and Burt Bacharach recorded Alfie in London in late 1965, the single was released by Parlophone in Britain in January 1966. Paramount's English marketers intended for the single to stir up interest for the movi... more info