Eternal Tapestry - "Galactic Derelict"From Beyond the 4th Door, out 3/15 on Thrill Jockey.

This week marked the release of The Year of Magical Drinking, the debut album from former Broken Wester Ross Flournoy, under his new nom de guerre Apex Manor. After the Broken West's 2009 demise, Ross skipped out of Silver Lake for Pasadena, and before long found himself with a big fat bundle of new songs. Here are 10 of 'em! (Dig the video for "My My Mind," too...) Apex Manor - "My My Mind"

The Guardian reports that Patti Smith is currently writing a detective novel.

Fight Club: The Musical.

The Prague Post profiles Sleigh Bells.

Treats couldn't be more apt a name for Sleigh Bells' album, with the pair serving up 11 short, sweet missives laced with just the right amount of dissonance. Songs like "Kids" and "Rill Rill" - the latter featuring a particularly well-placed Funkadelic sample - are endearing in their lo-fi crackle, while more abrasive numbers, such as live favorites "Crown on the Ground" and "Straight A's," trade in unashamed discordance. Together, they form a package that's a genuine guilty pleasure.

PopMatters interviews Mark Olson about the Jayhawks reunion.

RIP, Charlie Louvin.

Singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins discusses books at Vol. 1 Brooklyn.

BBC News reports that Tori Amos has written a musical.

No Age - "Fever Dreaming"

Legendary singer Wanda Jackson talks to Morning Edition about her new Jack White-produced covers album, The Party Ain't Over.

The Montreal Gazette profiles the band Les Jupes.

The magically gloomy Modern Myths is an album that should push the quartet through a number of other doors. It slides contemporary folk into a lush fog of subdued prog for a sound that is as epic as it is primal and as stirring as it is sad and introverted -- like Henry V's Agincourt speech whispered beneath the blankets.

American Songwriter interviews the duo Over the Rhine.

Pop & Hiss interviews Wavves' Nathan Williams and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino about their upcoming tour.

PopMatters interviews the members of Tom Tom Club about the band's reunion tour.

Switched profiles Bandcamp, calling the website "an indie musician's best (and most profitable) friend.

Help Fund singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston's first full-length comic book on Kickstarter.

On sale for $3.99 at Amazon MP3: The Get Up Kids' There Are Rules album.

Basia Bulat plays a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR Music.

The Bay Bridged ponders the question, "Does indie music have a place on the radio?"

Drowned in Sound interviews Sam Beam of Iron and Wine about his new album, Kiss Each Other Clean.