Guardian Music — Since Air's Moon Safari, Gallic hipsters have doused themselves liberally in l'eau du fromage. Mais, pourquoi?The trailer for Phoenix's new tour documentary, From A Mess To The Masses, is all cold hard urban underpasses and sweaty stage invasions, pa... more info

Time — Welcome to the new TIME Entertainment, in which yours truly at Tuned In is being joined by TIME's other arts writers to form a kind of critical supergroup. (If Tuned In is the ELO of time.com, TIME Entertainment is its Traveling Wilburys.) more info

Guardian Music — Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipesSnapshot: My mother's pilgrimage to RomeThis is a photograph of my mother, Mary McCarthy, on her way to Rome in 1950. Her love of travel had already led her from the rural farming community in Ireland ... more info

Stereogum — Though Relax just came out, here’s a quick joint from Das Racist’s Heems, and the subject matter is computers, an obvious fascination for the group (See: “I’m on the Internet ’cause I’m an Internet thug“). The song, which is produced by... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — Album A&E is a new series in which we revisit underrated or misunderstood albums and give them some much-needed rehabilitation. Here's a look at Fleetwood Mac's 'Tusk'. It's an oft re-told story but it's a goodie, so I'll repeat it here. According t... more info

Guardian Music — Around the world in 32 tracks with new music suggestions from the Music Alliance PactEach month, the Music Alliance Pact – a group of 32 music blogs from around the world, including this one – simultaneously post tracks chosen by each blog.To dow... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Roy Wood, one of the architects of ELO and The Move, possessed some of the most eclectic tastes and interesting ideas of any pop artist of his time. Boulders, his self-produced 1969 (though released 1973) solo outing combines the hard rock swagger of... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Eldorado - A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra (known as simply Eldorado) is the fourth studio album by the Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1974. Read more » more info

Guardian Music — Sam McGarrigle feeds his favourite 80s tunes through an Ariel Pink filter to create an ultra-vivid dream of perfect popHometown: Brighton.The lineup: Sam McGarrigle (vocals, music).The background: This is great. Apologies for giving away the punchlin... more info

KEXP Seattle — Neo-soul’s Mayer Hawthorne is set to release a 6-song covers EP called Impressions, and now you can snag a sneak peek at one of the tracks, a take on Electric Light Orchestra‘s “Mr. Blue Sky.” Word has it this take was recorded live in one si... more info