Perfume Genius – “Your Drum”

Sam Prekop – “The Silhouettes”From Old Punch Card, his new full-length, due out 9/7 from Thrill Jockey.

The New Statesman examines the poetry of pop music lyrics.

Nerve interviews The Books.

Albums on sale at Amazon MP3:

The Arcade Fire's The Suburbs for $3.99
EELS' End Times for $3.99
Megadeath's Endgame for $3.99
Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga for $3.99

Over 1,000 albums on sale for $5.

NPR is streaming the new album by Ray LaMontagne, God Willin' And The Creek Don't Rise.

Check out ibuymusic.net, a new project founded by Absolutely Kosher’s Cory Brown

OC Weekly profiles Ariel Pink.

Rock Candy interviews Laurent 'Branco' Brancowitz of Phoenix.

The A.V. Club interviews Dean Wareham.

AVC: In August, you’re touring the Galaxie 500 catalogue, playing the songs with your band.

DW: We did this in Spain in January at a little festival. The guy said, "Why don't you do a Dean & Britta set one night and a Galaxie 500 set the next night?" We did it, and our drummer, who has a jazz background, was playing that stuff really well. Damon was always interested in jazz drummers, too. It was fun. I just thought, with the records being 20 years old and them all being re-released, it seems like a good time to do it, while I can still hit the high notes.

Fast Company interviews musician and music blogger Dave Allen.

Marissa Nadler is selling a covers album on her Etsy page to help finance her forthcoming album.

Singer-songwriter Caitlin Rose offers a track-by-track analysis of her new album, Own Side Now, at Drowned in Sound.

The Record examines the new trend of remastering albums relatively quickly after their initial release.

The Bitters – “Dark Wide Hole” From the Have A Nap Hotel EP, out now on Sacred Bones.

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