LHB’s Shorties (Nellie McKay, The Mountain Goats, and More)

NPR is streaming in its entirety Nellie McKay's new album, Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day (out October 13th).

Ray Raposa of Castanets talks to PopMatters about his new album, Texas Rose, the Thaw & The Beasts.

When asked about the lyrical characters that inhabit the new album, Raposa, for the first time, stops himself. “I already got myself in trouble talking about that. There’s a lot of fiction in those songs. None of them are straight. They’re sort of idealized or de-idealized notions of a pretty common place. Everyday relationship-type stuff, you know.”

On sale at Amazon MP3: Fink's 9-track Distance and Time album for $1.99.

Thounds is a new music collaboration social network.

Drowned in Sound recaps September's music releases.

The Los Angeles Times profiles Exene Cervenka.

Jacket Copy reports that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore is starting a publishing house.

CrunchGear notes the "Colbert bump" the Mountain Goats received by playing The Colbert Report last night.

In short, in the Venn diagram of TV you have Colbert Report watchers and Mountain Goats listeners. Many of us exist, obviously, but the confluence of these two audiences into one tasty streaming opportunity is quite cool.

The Village Voice and Punknews review the new Mountain Goats album, The Life of the World to Come.

Buddyhead lists 50 albums to pick up if your house (and music collection) burn down.

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