Bridging The Atlantic — How was everyone's Halloween? I hope it was filled with drunken debauchery and lots of stumbling. I gots a few remixes for you here; not really gonna write anything today, my mind is basically a bowl of brain soup. You may or may not enjoy these but ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — AD caught up with Blair last week from her home in New Orleans where the singer-songwriter is finishing up her debut LP, Die Young. Think: Feist meets Neil Young at a bar owned by Dolly Parton where the house band is Radiohead. Among other things, we... more info

Pasta Primavera — Happy Halloween!  The wonderful day where everyone tries to be something they’re not.  How’s that different from every other day?  Make-up.  This Halloween I’m dressing up as a responsible citizen that is ready to vote vote vote!ÂÂ... more info

Nialler9 — I interviewed one of my favourite MCs last week. He is definitely my favourite UK MC. Quite a character. He mostly talked about his obsession with Father Ted. Mostly. Read it here. If you like this try: Roots Manuva - Let the Spirit (Hot Chip rem... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Francis Chung New Jersey punk rockers Titus Andronicus have signed to powerhouse label XL, home to (depending on what country you're in) Vampire Weekend, Radiohead, the White Stripes, M.I.A., Sigur Ros, and many more. XL will reissue Titus A... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Francis Chung New Jersey punk rockers Titus Andronicus have signed to powerhouse label XL, home to (depending on what country you're in) Vampire Weekend, Radiohead, the White Stripes, M.I.A., Sigur Ros, and many more. XL will reissue Ti... more info

Guardian Music — It may have taken seven years for the Flaming Lips' first feature film, Christmas on Mars, to be released on DVD. But the band are busy making the wait worthwhile. According to a promotional video at the Flaming Lips website, "Mega Deluxe Editions" o... more info

Guardian Music — New Band: Today's troupe nouveau are pretenders to Radiohead's crown, but they sound like they've been listening to a lot of Embrace and - dare we say it - Keane? more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A Flaming Lips concert in many ways plays out like a B-level sci-fi film. more info

Wired - Listening Post — Today has been largely about EMI. First, we reported that the venerable music behemoth, which has scared off acts like Radiohead and lost over a billion dollars in the first quarter of the year, will sell music through airport kiosks.... more info