The Music Fix — Blog: Blank Dogs is the one man bedroom new-wave project of Brooklyn based Mr Blank Dog. Not much is known about him other than he has the knack of producing choreographed lynchian, Spanish horror inspired videos backed by haunting synth-electro soun... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — 'Live Forever' has been voted the 'Best Song Of All Time' by the listeners of XFM. The station joined forces with radio stations from around the world including KROQ (in LA) and Triple J (Sydney) to compile the chart.'Don't Look Back In Anger' came t... more info

NME - Pinglewood — "It is about a teacher I had freshman year," says Perfume Genius, "he was also my wrestling coach." Everyone has a favourite teacher, but they're not all like Mr Petersen. Perfume Genius writes songs that are stripped bare and trembling like expo... more info

NME - The Daily Download — O. Children; dark, doomy and evil to the no doubt rotten core. Well, what do you expect from a band who’ve named themselves after a Nick Cave track? Dead Eye Lover is the b-side to their debut single Dead Disco Dancer (we sense a theme here), and i... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Bernard Sumner, founding member of New Order and Joy Division, is about to introduce us to his new music, BAD LIEUTENANT, and has enlisted the help of some of his friends, such as Phil Cunningham of New Order... more info

Rock Sellout — Founding member of New Order and Joy Division, Bernard Sumner, recently introduced new music from his latest project, Bad Lieutenant. He enlisted a few of his friends to help out: New Order’s Phil Cunningham (guitar), Jake Evans (guitar, vocals), a... more info

Guardian Music — (Young and Lost Club)"This is a song for anyone with a broken heart," announces Noah and the Whale's Charlie Fink on Blue Skies, the ninth track on their second album. By this stage in proceedings, however, the broken-hearted have been so exceptiona... more info

The Red Radio — Speaking of covers below, we completely forgot to mention Peter Murphy's second installment in his series of "secret covers". He first tackled John Lennon's Instant Karma, which we reported on here. He then unleashed a very, well, Peter Murph... more info

Pasta Primavera — I rarely post covers on this blog, but two have been floating through the interweb recently that I’m enjoying quite a bit.  One is from the soundtrack to The Time Traveler’s Wife and it’s a cover of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apar... more info

Stereogum — There's no denying "It Is Nothing," the opening shoe-gaze anthem on A Place To Bury Stranger's sophomore album Exploding Head, is a massive nod to My Bloody Valentine: From the title's echo of Isn't Anything to the swirl of overdriven guitars, the... more info