Topix — Dan Humphrey, the musician! It was announced a while ago that Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley would be taking on the role of legendary singer Jeff Buckley in an unofficial biopic called Greetings From Tim Buckley , and as all good actors do, Badgley i... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonAt the height of the Cocteau Twins' fame, when they were one of the bands upon whom the very notion of indie music in the 80s rested, it would have seemed unimaginable for Elizabeth Fraser to become any more enigmatic than ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Van Dyke Parks has never really been a household name, as he has primarily worked behind the scenes as a producer, arranger, songwriter and session musician and only occasionally released albums as a solo artist. But his significance in the world of ... more info

Guardian Music — A song of fathomless mystery, from a singer who gave it all up – to care for dolphinsA little over 20 years ago, in the autumn of 1991, my father was slowly dying. I can't quite remember the point at which I realised that, or had it explained to me... more info

Impose Magazine — A few months ago I received an e-mail from Dustin Drase of Plus Tapes. 'I've got this guitar wunderkid that we're putting out. The kid is incredible, I really want to chronicle what he's doing. He's like a young John Fahey or Tim Buck... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher: not the staid three-chord classicist some perhaps thought, it turns out. Created in tandem with his High Flying Birds solo album, the man they call The Chief has a second record under his own name out this year and it'll sound (litera... more info

Guardian Music — This 'gnarly version of Enya' veers between acoustica and atmospherica – but it's definitely a case of the weirder the betterHometown: London.The lineup: Astrud Steehouder (vocals, music).The background: Paper Dollhouse is the adopted name of Astru... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Caught this Tim Buckley performance from the non-stop-excellent media feed of master drummer Hamish Robert Kilgour, whose brother once asked the immortal question, "Is it wrong or is right to be a beatnik?" Pulled from the final episode of The... more info

Guardian Music — Manically percussive and poundingly frenetic, this London trio sound like a garage band bashing their way through Aphex TwinHometown: London.The lineup: Tom Rogerson (piano, keyboards, vocals), Adam Betts (drums, electronics), Matt Calvert (guitar, s... more info

Guardian Music — The best of your comments on the latest films and musicIt is, said walworthroad, a "massive and beautiful song". "Stunning, simply stunning," reckoned dickyknee. "Still gives me goosebumps," agreed Zakelius. And what were they all agreed on? Why, So... more info