Guardian Music — MercuryAlarm bells usually ring out when bands start writing about being in a band. Sometimes known as second (or, indeed, third) album syndrome, this affliction can strike any time after a successful release. The syndrome implies that a band's forma... more info

Altsounds — RAKAFEED are primary arbiter Richard Northen in collaboration with Radiohead, Massive Attack and Bjork collaborator Sally Herbert and guitarist Elliot King. Together they have created STATES, an album of ethereal, leftfield dance compositions; perhap... more info

Altsounds — On July 20th, Amanda Palmer and her business collective - Sean Francis, Beth Hommel, and Hayley Rosenblum (lovingly dubbed "Team Chaos") - released "Amanda Palmer Performs the Popular Hits of Radiohead on her Magical Ukulele" via Bandcamp to rema... more info

Perfect Porridge — MP3: Radiohead – “Reckoner (Error [...] more info

KEXP Seattle — Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes has released a 14 minutes black and white documentary of his current tour as the opening act for Joanna Newsom.The video is available for viewing on the Fleet Foxes web site. Phil Selway, famous as the drummer for Radi... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The cryptic title of today's posting can be the answer to the question, 'So what is your favourite 45 by James?'According to wikipdia, the band have released 32 singles/EPs, dating back to 1983. I've most of them in the collection in some shape or fo... more info

Undercover, Australia — In an interview about his solo album, Radiohead drummer Phil Selway confirms that their new album is still being written. more info

Totally Fuzzy — jofel said... Dr. Alimantado : Return Of Muhammed Ali http://pulsatta.blogspot.com DOUBLE AVENUE said... FLUXION - Perfused Through the years, i developed the need to minimize the music patterns and to explore the embodiment of 2,3 or more sound so... more info

Guardian Music — On the eve of her ninth solo album, Kristin Hersh reveals how acupuncture freed her from the bipolar disorder that haunted her life and careerKristin Hersh believes acupuncture saved her life. It finally granted the singer relief from the bipolar di... more info

Guardian Music — AR Rahmen, Staff Benda Bilili, Céu, Nitin Sawhney, Radioclit - file under pop?Staff Benda Bilili, magnificent survivors singing at the top of their voices about a harsh, strange world and the implacable undermining of all that sustains reason and sa... more info