Guardian Music — Readers recommend is five years old this week – is this a time for looking back? Or looking forward? Is it a happy occasion, or a melancholy one? These songs should help us decideIf an anniversary passes and no one observes it, does it really exist... more info

Guardian Music — English folk singer and activist to collaborate with daughter of legendary country singer this NovemberBilly Bragg's next album will be a collaboration with singer Rosanne Cash, he revealed this week. The English rabble-rouser has already started wri... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... Brand New Moods presents: - Christophe "Aimer ce que nous sommes" One can say Daniel Bevilacqua (aka Christophe) is cursed. His whole career has been overshadowed by two pop hits from the 60s - Aline & Les Marionnettes - which we... more info

Totally Fuzzy — S R Management said... The Lost Back 2 Back Episode featuring: Sookie, Sookie - Ascots / Waistcoats / John Kay; Another Brick In The Wall - Mostly Autumn / Luther Wright and the Wrongs; Six Days On The Road - Gram Parsons / Taj Mahal; Mexico City - J... more info

Totally Fuzzy — YoungMossTongue said... CIRCUS LUPUS - Super Genius RACCOO-OO-OON - The Cave Of Spirits Forever APOLLO 440 - Electro Glide In Blue THE POSIES - Every Kind Of Light dustdevil & crow - while speaking softly you can hear the insects sing (2010 @320) fuz... more info

Stereogum — Elvis Costello and Brian Wilson-echoing Memphis baroque pop quintet Magic Kids put on their happy (sometimes crooner-seductive) faces and colorful shirts for this Jack Ferry-directed “Superball” clip. (Via P4K) The song: Magic Kids – “Super... more info

Silent Uproar — Elvis Costello will release a new full-length, National Ransom, on November 2nd. Costello collaborated with producer T-Bone Burnett on the album. [nme.com] more info

The Vinyl Villain — The buggers are still on strike.So what I've done this week is include some of the contents of a CD given away with a Sunday paper back in September 2002:-mp3 : Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen (previously unreleased live version)mp3 : Elvis C... more info

Popdose — I currently have 1,884 albums on my 160GB iPod. I will listen to them all, in no particular order, and write about them. Punch the Clock is an album often dismissed by die-hard Elvis Costello fans, and I’m not completely sure why. But that’s a co... more info

Stereogum — Elvis Costello’s 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane touched on bluegrass, R&B, and Americana with producer T-Bone Burnett. This year Costello’s back with similar sounds and the same producer, and a consistent theme: The financial collapse. Bu... more info