Pitchfork - Forkcast — Futuristic hip-hop maestro Flying Lotus DJ'd an after-party for the Ann Arbor Film Festival last Friday, and a decent quality video from the event has emerged, showing him doing his high-velocity breakbeat thing all over Radiohead's "Idioteque". This... more info

Guardian Music — Inspired by British indie bands, Kabul Dreams are proving a hit with expats and – increasingly – with young AfghansThe soundproofing in the home-made studio is not quite up to the job of muffling the din of Kabul's traffic, as a baby-fa... more info

Altsounds — JOEY and ANDY are brothers. MIKE and JONATHAN joined sometime later. JORDAN has always been a good pal and now he's in the band too.. They all get together and make music because making music is fun, especially with your friends. They want every... more info

My Old Kentucky — Tune in now for My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. The program started at 12pm ET, last two hours, and is replayed again at Midnight ET!Totally Michael - Cheerleaders vs. DrillteamWeed Diamond - Snowmel... more info

Silent Uproar — Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead will score the forthcoming film Norwegian Wood, directed by Anh Hung Tran and based on the novel by Haruki Murakami. The film isn't due out until December in Japan. [greenplastic.com] more info

MTV.com News — Tokio Hotel, 30 Seconds to Mars and more march on in MTV News' Band BracketologyBy James Montgomery 30 Seconds to Mars are poised for domination Photo: Nigel Crane/ Redferns We started MTV News' Musical March Madness with 64 bands (well, 65... more info

Guardian Music — O2, LondonIt is risky enough to break an eight-year silence with an album of cover versions, as Peter Gabriel has just done with Scratch My Back. To then debut it in its entirety at a venue the size of the O2 seems downright obtuse. But you don't hav... more info

Guardian Music — Two new albums show a surge in forward thinking in a derivative ageIt probably helps that you like jazz when it comes to swashbuckling new albums by Polar Bear (Peepers – quick-witted, feisty, melancholy) and Brad Mehldau ( the two-CD Highway ... more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley delves into experimental jazz with Mercury-nominated Shoreditch quintet Polar Bear and Florida-born pianist Brad Mehldau It probably helps that you like jazz when it comes to swashbuckling new albums by Polar Bear (Peepers – quick-... more info

Time Out, London — Former Genesis leader tours his album of covers, which features takes on Radiohead, Paul Simon, Elbow and Bon Iver songs to vocal and orchestral backing more info