We All Want Someone To Shout For — Cut Copy have released the first single from new album Zonoscope. It’s called “Take Me Over”, and it’s Cut Copy at it’s finest. Dreamy vocals blessed with electronic clouds from above that can make the stiffest backs dance. Cut Copy have fu... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “Lost my shit, trying to act casual.” For years…years…that is what I thought David Byrne was singing on “Crosseyed And Painless” off the Talking Heads Remain In Light LP.  Nope. It turned out he was singing “lost my shape.”  The mis... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I received this email towards the end of last month:-I've been enjoying the blog a lot lately and, in particular, love the 5 album sides idea. I'd be curious to know which you'd pick for Talking Heads. I know you tend to focus on UK and especially S... more info

Topix — The most revelatory moment in the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain 's concert at Zankel Hall on Tuesday evening probably came during its performance of "Psycho Killer," the Talking Heads song, when you realized that David Byrne had missed the boat ... more info

Altsounds — As a follow up to their cover of the Talking Heads "Road To Nowhere" Linfinity have unveiled their cover of Ben E. King's "Spanish Harlem" They'll be playing these songs and music from their recent release Martian's Bloom this week at CMJ, where ... more info

Guardian Music — The 'new, improved' Simon Cowell is still light years away from understanding great musicIt's funny and awful watching how the sneaky Simon Cowell has tweaked himself this year, physically and conceptually. He's sliding through certain changes that a... more info

Guardian Music — (Sony)The Comfort Dental Amphitheatre (Denver). The Jiffy Lube Live (Bristow, Virginia). When the Kings of Leon toured the US last summer, the names of the venues tickled the senses more than their vast interiors.It was a lap of honour. Formed in Ten... more info

Guardian Music — Starting a week-long series of new music tips from Iceland Airwaves festival, here are six young pups who used to rap but now make a joyful, world music-inspired racketReykjavík's Retro Stefson are six young kids formed out of the ashes of an ill-fa... more info

Altsounds — Linfinity are excited to announce their Fall 2010 tour in conjunction with the release of their take on the Talking Heads' song "Road To Nowhere". The band are thrilled to be back on the road again, picking up where they left off after a successf... more info

Guardian Music — Enjoy reading Paul Lester's daily new band tips? Then why not listen to the musicians he's raving aboutThe first time we did one of these hook-ups with SoundCloud, it was in early August when we posted a 30-song playlist of the tracks of the year so ... more info