Guardian Music — Local council gives planning consent for revised £5.5bn scheme to redevelop disused building that could create thousands of new homes and jobsThe owners of Battersea power station, which has been derelict since its closure 27 years ago, have won pla... more info

Detroit Free Press — Art show and networking event: Featuring works by local artists, music by the Jerome Clark Quartet and complimentary appetizers and wine. Hosted by Provident Real Estate & Asset Management. 7 p.m. Sat. 4731 Gallery, 4731 Grand River, Detroit. 734-626... more info

AOL Music — More than four decades ago, Melvin Lane Powers was acquitted of murdering his aunt's multimillionaire husband in a sensational case that included allegations of an incestuous affair. Two weeks ago, Powers was himself found dead. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield "I had never seen Deerhunter or even heard one of their records but I really enjoyed their powerful but dreamy and spacious sounds. Half of Williamsburg made the L train trek over to the island for... more info

L.A. Times - News — The state will lease back the buildings, two of which are in downtown Los Angeles, for at least 20 years. Hines and Antarctica Capital Real Estate are the buyers.California officials accepted a winning bid Monday of $2.33 billion to sell 24 state off... more info

People.com — The Real Housewives of NYC star discusses this week's episode of The Real Housewives of DC more info

Stereogum — These GBV covers by BTW Real Estate’s frontman appear on Guided By Guided By Voices, a cassette compilation out via Wild Animal Kingdom. In the spirit of a Robert Pollard collage, he opted to pair songs from different albums (Bee Thousand and Alien... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Phish parking lot (more by Ryan Barkan) "Vampire Weekend's Tomson is upfront about his jam band days but protects the identities of others. "I don't want to out anybody," he says. But [Real Estate's Alex] Bleeker sees greater acceptance on... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mike-floyd said... ... some more weird dark experimental new folk from "There" by: - RICHARD THERE: Who touched my bones (EP) (mp3-zip, 5 tracks, 13 min, 19,4 MB) and - RICHARD THERE: OK, I'll do all that again (Compilation album) (includes the EP ab... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Real Estate member Matt Mondanile's laid-back pop project, Ducktails, has a new 7" coming out on Olde English Spelling Bee (that's the mountainous cover art above). This tune is the B-side to that particular release; its title is a reference to Seinf... more info