Guardian Music — This week's pod is simple. It does what it says on the headline. Yes, it's the best of the year's live tracks as recorded exclusively for Music Weekly. The full list of artists included on the show runs: Graham Coxon, Ellie Goulding, Hockey, Patrick ... more info

8/1 — 1 - Brett Anderson – Wilderness2 - Patrick Wolf – Bachelor3 - PJ Harvey & John Parish A Woman a Man Walked By4 - Bat For Lashes - Two Suns5 - Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light6 - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers7 - Richard Hawley - Tr... more info

Guardian Music — Two months after asking fans to finance the recording and promotion of their 13th studio album, the band have raised less than a third of the costPublic Enemy may have set tongues wagging when they announced two months ago that fans would finance the... more info

NME — Patrick Wolf, Kid Harpoon and Jack Penate also join Florence And The Machine onstage more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley introduces his alternative view of the decade that wasI don't know about you – and I'll just get this out of my system before the ghost of Christmas past comes to give me what for – but if there's one thing worse than a care... more info

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Stereogum — Patrick Wolf has an unusually strong appeal to two distinct demographics: highbrow actresses and fans of S&M bondage outfits. (Actually, those demographics really aren't that distinct. Highbrow actresses are fetishists of the highest order for all... more info

8/1 — MP3: Patrick Wolf - DamarisSpeak n Spell | MySpace Video more info

Persona Sauna — Check out the new video for Patrick Wolf's "Damaris," the third single from the Bachelor album. The song was inspired when Wolf decided to trace his father's roots and discovered a family of ferret catchers and blacksmiths. If you just want to see h... more info

Guardian Music — The third single from the Bachelor album, Damaris was inspired when Wolf decided to trace his father's roots ... and discovered a family of ferret catchers and blacksmiths more info