Hey, Everyone! Not as long a collection, this time, as I’m knee-deep in dissertation. Even so, I’m sure you’ll find a little something to help get you over the “peek of the week” (as a former English teacher of mine used to call it). Come and have a look, won’t you?
Colin Hay stopped by NPR’s Mountain Stage for a lovely little concert: [link]
Björk also stopped by All Songs Considered for a little interview: [link]
Over at Stereogum, you can see the best album cover of the year (Sorry, Klaxons), and hear Weezer’s new “Memories:” [link]
You can hear two new Beck tracks over on TwentyFourBit: [link]
The blog Letters of Note is fascinating, as is the letter that served as the harbinger of Joy Division’s signing to Factory Records: [link]
Check out the new track – “Sex with an X” from The Vaselines’ forthcoming release of the same name: [link]
My Old Kentucky Blog has a nice, new Lissie track (“Bully”) from her debut LP: [link]
Fuel/Friends brings us the Rolling Stones doing an amazing cover of “Like a Rolling Stone:” [link]
Stereogum brings us two new U2 songs – “North Star” and “Glastonbury:”
Check out the new video for “Windstorm” by School of Seven Bells:
Here’s Swell Season covering Neutral Milk Hotel over at the A.V. Club: