NME - The Daily Download — Fuck Blur - the one band you really need to see this week are Portugal The Man*. The nomadic collective possess more soul than anyone from Colchester could ever hope to muster and are over for a limited time only to plug their new album of quasi-gosp... more info

Battery In your Leg — Radiohead are something of a sacred cow for me (and numerous other music nerds of a certain age), so any mention of a cover usually sends me heading for the hills. Heck, covers in general usually send me heading for the hills, but the idea of a bad c... more info

Rawkblog — Pledge Week: Help the Rawking continue refusing to stop! Today’s the last day — donate here. Best of 2008: I ran down the best albums and songs of last year. Next week: This year. Phew! News: Michael Jackson died and I shared a personal story; Ra... more info

Rawkblog — Thom Yorke in Los Angeles above and Jonny Greenwood in the studio after the jump, via Dead Air Space. Radiohead is currently in the studio with longtime producer Nigel Godrich recording its follow-up to 2007’s In Rainbows, an album you might rememb... more info

Rollo & Grady — MP3: Stereolab - Miss Modular (Automator Mix) MP3: Radiohead - Nude (Sparkletone Remix) Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

Live Daily — When Newsweek spoke to Trent Reznor this week about putting Nine Inch Nails [ tickets ] on hiatus, the magazine also asked him what music he's currently listening to. He named the psych-folk group Grizzly Bear [ tickets ]. "There's a beauty and a mus... more info

The Quietus — Studio sessions on track according to producer more info

All About Jazz — CAPITOL/EMI TO RELEASE EXPANDED "COLLECTORS EDITIONS" OF RADIOHEAD'S KID A, AMNESIAC AND HAIL TO THE THIEF ON AUGUST 25 2CD "Collectors Editions" and Limited Edition 2CD+DVD "Special Collectors Editions" To Include Live Recordings, TV Performances an... more info

411 Mania — More Radiohead reissues, ATP 10th anniversary festival, new music from Islands, Dodos, Kyp Malone, Ty Braxton and much more! more info

NME — Jack White and Alison Mosshart perform a From The Basement session in London more info