The Vinyl Villain — I normally move away quickly to the opposite corner of the record shop as fast as I can if someone points in the direction of a charity record, for almost without exception they are well-meaning but crap.But not Dark Was The Night, a 2CD release fro... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The latest entry in Beck's Record Club finds Mr. Hansen and pals Wilco, Feist, and Jamie Lidell teaming up to cover the 1969 cult fave Oar by onetime Moby Grape/Jefferson Airplane member Skip Spence. Check out the album's leadoff track, "Little Hands... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wilco + Feist + Grizzly Bear in Brooklyn (more by Eric Townsend) "Driving overnight after the show in Munich Thursday night, the bus and trailer were hit and rendered immovable. The trailer was wrecked and the bus engine split. Everyone... more info

Rolling Stone — For the third album covered in its entirety by Beck’s Record Club, the Modern Guilt rocker recruited Wilco, Feist and Jamie Liddell to perform Skip Spence’s 1969 offbeat folk-rock album Oar. Beck’s Record Club, “an informal meeting of various... more info

Stereogum — When not collaborating with Charlotte Gainsbourg on IRM, Beck continues adding covers collections to his Record Club. His (and MGMT and Devendra Banhart's) go at Songs Of Leonard Cohen included mixed results. We have higher hopes for his take on... more info

Rawkblog — In the absence of a new Feist album this year (or better, a New Buffalo full-length), the dearth of wry, catchy female folk-pop is beginning to grow as cold and crushing as the oncoming winter. Enter Yael Meyer, a Los Angeles singer-songwriter whose ... more info

Guardian Music — Canadian hardcore punks Fucked Up are to feed the world with help from Vampire Weekend, TV On the Radio and Broken Social SceneCelebrated Canadian hardcore group Fucked Up are to re-record Do They Know It's Christmas, mounting a charity benefit with ... more info

Guardian Music — We must deduce that either the moon has a great PR agent, or it exerts a form of control from which we are unable to extract ourselvesI've always had a problem with dancing in the moonlight. Why is it considered more romantic than dancing in the sun... more info

My Old Kentucky — (Photo courtesy of Isa Wipfli)Our former school chums and native Louisvillians, The Watson Twins return on February 9th with their new record Talking To You, Talking To Me. The new album features help from members of Everest and My Morning Jacket. ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Joy Electric's (http://myspace.com/joyelectric)* cover of *Feist's (http://myspace.com/feist)* "1234" is now up on their Myspace (http://myspace.com/joyelectric). Submitted by slickwataris more info