LHB’s Shorties (Tegan and Sara, Deleted Scenes and More)

Prefix interviews Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara.

DOA interviews Matt Dowling of Deleted Scenes.

Pitchfork reviews Robert Pollard's latest 100-track outtakes compilation, Suitcase 3.

The Sydney Morning Herald profiles singer-songwriter Greta Gertler and her alternative means for funding her debut album.

To make the orchestral pop album, Gertler estimates she will need a relatively modest $16,000 (“I never had that much money personally so, to me, it sounds like a lot of money”) but she decided not to go the Public Enemy route of selling shares in a future album, with its possibility of a financial return for investors, much like film financing. Instead she turned to the online site Kickstarter, which organises and formalises the process across a number of artistic disciplines.

Drowned in Sound reviews music singles released this week.

The 24-track Daptone Gold compilation is on sale at Amazon MP3 for $2.99.

- David Gutowski