Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offBlack Randy and the Metro Squad Trouble at the Cup Among the delights of the forthcoming California punk compilation Black Hole is Black Randy, responsible for perhaps the b... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin "An estimated 200,000 people journeyed the grounds of Zilker Park this weekend for the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The descent of the iconic guitar sign Monday signified the end of an incredibly successful ACL Music... more info

VH1 Blog — With 130 bands performing over three sunny days, we couldn’t possibly catch all the action at this year’s Austin City Limits music fest. So we asked you to contribute to VH1’s Top 20 Moments from ACL by tweeting pictures using #ACLtop20 — and... more info

Guardian Music — (Rough Trade)Now that they're as close to "a household name" as a Scottish indie-pop act is likely to be, Belle & Sebastian can enlist big-name guests. Carey Mulligan graces their eighth album's title track, singing sweetly, albeit improbably for an ... more info

Guardian Music — Deodorant makers Right Guard have entered the live-sessions game, writes Chris SalmonTwo years ago, Birmingham-born DJ Nic Harcourt left the influential LA public radio station KCRW after 10 years of presenting its Morning Become Eclectic show. Dur... more info

Guardian Music — (Rough Trade)It takes just under four minutes for Belle and Sebastian's eighth album to demand a place among the best of their career. The magic moment comes in opener I Didn't See It Coming; heralded by a juggernaut of a keyboard riff, Stuart Murdo... more info

Stereogum — Busy last few days for Jeff Tweedy. Farm Aid’s 25th Anniversary show took place Saturday, with Dave Matthews, Norah Jones, and Jeff Tweedy joining Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp for the annual awareness-raising concert. Tweedy performed solo, an... more info

Guardian Music — A collection of love songs featuring Norah Jones on vocals – have indie's hippest wallflowers gone mainstream? Not for a second, finds Laura BartonBetween an undertaker's and an off licence, not far from Glasgow city centre, runs a short, narrow a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Buns O'Plenty said... Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky (1974) http://keep-on-growing.blogspot.com Robert said... Bruce Springsteen - 1988-02-28 - Worcester, MA. "Tunnel Of Lust". Fiona Apple - 1996-09-10 - Los Angeles + Radio Sessions. "Fiona Has W... more info

All About Jazz — There are few musicians that have worked in a wider and more creative catalog of material than Marc Ribot. As a sideman, the guitarist has backed singers including Tom Waits, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Richard Hell, Elvis Costello and Norah Jone... more info