Brooklyn Vegan — When many of us think of the song "Respect," we think of Aretha Franklin. Many people are shocked to learn that Aretha never made a penny from all the radio broadcasts of her performance of R-E-S-P-E-C-T (this is because she... more info

Stereogum — Annie Clark bka St. Vincent first delivered “Digital Witness” — the second single from her self-titled forthcoming fourth LP — earlier this month; the brassy, dance-y track very much reflected the ample time Clark has recently spent collabora... more info

Stereogum — In recent months David Byrne has been using his status as a revered musical elder statesman to opine on subjects including the terrifying reach of the NSA, overpriced New York City rent, and Spotify’s paltry artist royalties. Royalties are at the h... more info

Nialler9 — You can hear the influence of Annie Clark’s recent collaborative album with David Byrne on this new track ‘Digital Witness’ from the new self-titled St. Vincent album specifically in the use of that album’s slurpy brass but also in the song�... more info

Nialler9 — Here are the first results of the Readers’ Poll showing your favourite gigs, videos, EPs, international albums and remixes of 2013. Thanks for all the votes. Albums and songs results to follow. Artwork by Fatti Burke. Readers’ favourite Irish gi... more info

Nialler9 — Annie Clark aka St. Vincent returns to Ireland without David Byrne in February for a show in the Olympia Theatre on Saturday February 22nd. Tickets are €25 plus fees on sale this Thursday at 9am but with a pre-sale tomorrow, Tuesday at 10am throug... more info

Consequence of Sound — A lot of people liked this guy. more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Young KnivesFrom: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, United KingdomWhen a band who were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with their second album decide to fund their new album via Kickstarter you know that the rules have changed. In asking their fans to fund th... more info

Starpulse — Veteran rocker David Byrne has lashed out at the owners of music streaming websites, accusing them of paying a "pittance" to artists whose tracks they sell. The former Talking Heads frontman insis... more info

Consequence of Sound — "The internet will suck all creative content out of the world." more info