The Love Language – “Heart To Tell”

The Los Angeles Times profiles Of Montreal.

Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg talks to the Tallahassee Democrat.

Drowned in Sound offers an oral history of Oneida's Each One Teach One album.

The Riverfront Times interviews Sleigh Bells' Derek Miller about the band's next album.

Aquarium Drunkard shares four Bob Dylan covers by Antony and the Johnsons.

Birmingham Weekly interviews Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes.

BW: How do feel about the instant-access of iTunes, Youtube, Myspace and other modern outlets versus the over-saturation of music and artists in this era?

TG: The over-saturation thing is a real thing. Touring is the only way bands make money. Now that records aren't being sold as much, bands are touring way more, so in any city you're going to have exponentially more shows each week from touring bands than what it would have been several years ago. It's so easy to record at this point and you can get your music out there even if you don't have the money to book studio time. Despite the over-saturation of it, I think it's really good for music because I think everything should be available to people.

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Conor Oberst's Outer South album
Florence + the Machine's Lungs album
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Woodsman – “Insects” From the band’s forthcoming LP, due out on Lefse/Firetalk in January. The track also appears on their brand-new Firetalk 7-inch.

Pigeons - “No Other Way” Very few of the words being sung in this song actually sound much like words to me. This is just fine, mainly because the emphasis in this arrangement is a bit skewed — what would normally be foregrounded is shifted to hazy accompaniment, and the noodling lead guitar part is presented with sharp focus. Luckily, this doesn’t destabilize the track. If anything, this makes the whole thing seem warmer, richer, cozier. It’s got that feeling of super-comfortable exhaustion, when your mind softens up a bit and you focus on detail rather than form and meaning. In this, it’s all about the abstract pleasure of horn parts that float through the piece like little fluffy clouds, and a guitar solo that radiates gentle empathy.

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The New York Press and Slate review the documentary Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields.

Vulture interviews author Jonathan Lethem about his move to California.

The Telegraph profiles singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins, "the inventor of indie."

Mojo lists the top 10 covers of Bob Dylan songs.

PopMatters offers an excerpt from Alex Ross's new book, Listen to This.

Singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler has started a Kickstarter campaign to record her next album.

FACT lists the 20 best EBM & industrial music albums.