NME - Festivals — As part of our short series on cult festival All Tomorrow’s Parties, we spoke to festival founder Barry Hogan about what’s made the residential indie shindig one of the most beloved festivals in the world. You said a few years back that the Dirt... more info

Stereogum — Chan Marshall performed a slow, spacious new Cat Power song Friday 2/4 at the Fillmore in San Francisco. She was backed by the Dirty Delta Blues Band aka Dirty Three’s Jim White, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s Judah Bauer, and the Delta 72’s Gre... more info

Guardian Music — I'll Be Your Mirror, which launches in 2011, will be the first in a new series of festivals to be held in cities instead of holiday campsAll Tomorrow's Parties is to launch its new festival series early next year. Like the original ATP, I'll Be Your ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Walker said... Dancehall'69- 40 Skinhead Reggae Rarities from Trojan. Thanks FC. http://burningaquarium.blogspot.com Capt. Willard said... * WE'RE LATE FOR CLASS "The Air In Another Country (Soundtrack To An East Berlin Spaghetti Western)" Drug Musi... more info

Undercover, Australia — Dirty Three, Neil Finn, Clipse and The Fall head up the twentieth Meredith Music Festival. more info

Undercover, Australia — Meredith has announced their first act, Victorian legends The Dirty Three. more info

Guardian Music — AR Rahmen, Staff Benda Bilili, Céu, Nitin Sawhney, Radioclit - file under pop?Staff Benda Bilili, magnificent survivors singing at the top of their voices about a harsh, strange world and the implacable undermining of all that sustains reason and sa... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Nick Cave w/ the Dirty Three @ ATP NY 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) "You wake up one morning to discover that you've turned into a giant bug. It's the stuff of nightmares, unless you're Kafka's oddly placid Gregor Samsa--more... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Thomas said... This Week's Top 5 Most Played Songs! 1. School of Seven Bells - Babelonia 2. Toro Y Moi - Leave Everywhere 3. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 4. Dirty Three & Cat Power - Great Waves 5. OMD - Sister Marie Says (demo) http://www.thefront... more info

Popdose — Cymbals Eat Guitars – And the Hazy Sea from Why There Are Mountains (2009) The Dirty Three with Cat Power – Great Waves from Cinder (2005) The Be Good Tanyas – Ship Out On the Sea from Chinatown (2003) Bruce Cockburn – All the Diamonds in the... more info