NPR has an beautiful and engaging World Cafe session with Ryan Adams.

KEXP offers a first listen to a new James Blake track, Enough Thunder.

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks play a New York City rooftop for Pitchfork.

Death Cab For Cutie perform “Stay Young, Go Dancing” on Letterman.

Stereogum has a Premature Evaluation of Björk’s Biophilia.

AV Club: They ain’t all beauties, but hey—they’re all right: 5 successful Springsteen covers

Megafaun’s self-titled release is one of the year’s finest and also showcases the band better than ever before. That’s saying a lot considering how much we’ve appreciated their back catalog. The band returned to the High Noon Saloon in Madison last night. Ed Oliver was on hand to capture the night.

MP3: Megafaun – “State/Meant”
MP3: Megafaun – “These Words”
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Buy: Megafaun

Listen to a new James Blake song called “Fear To Fear” at One Thirty BPM.

Yellow Ostrich performs “WHALE” for Do512 Lounge Sessions.

Stereogum has photos of Radiohead at Roseland Ballroom in New York last night.

Pitchfork gives Youth Lagoon’s The Year Of Hibernation the Best New Music treatment. So Deserving!

Listen to St. Vincent on World Cafe.

Ryan’s Smashing Life shares the (now) legendary Black Sessions from the National.

Go see Megafaun tonight at the High Noon Saloon in Madison.

I discovered Siskiyou’s fantastic Keep Away The Dead last month. It’s out next week on Constellation Records and we have the pleasure of premiering the above video for “Dead Right Now.”

If you like what you hear, you can download the song for free below or stream the entire record here.

MP3: Siskiyou – “Dead Right Now”

Wilco’s new album, The Whole Love is out today. Check out reviews from American Songwriter, Aquarium Drunkard and Rolling Stone. Salon and NPR interview Jeff Tweedy.

After a flat performance (my opinion) on Saturday Night Live, Radiohead redeemed themselves with a great selection of songs on the Colbert Report last night.

Lists: Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far 2011

Fleet Foxes played “Grown Ocean” on David Letterman last night. They’re back in Austin on October 7th for an Austin City Limits taping.

Feist returns next month with a new release, Metals. Stereogum has a premature evaluation.

The always reliable Captains Dead has live concert downloads from Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Radiohead.

There’s been a lot of Nirvana in the news lately around the 20th anniversary of Nevermind and the associated 4-disc re-release. It may be too late, but Spin links to a video stream of Live at the Paramount.

Portishead Choose Their Favourite 13 Albums for The Quietus.

Another new gem from Atlas Sound at Gorilla vs. Bear.

Recommended Download: Alabama Shakes EP

Pitchfork reviews the new Wilco album, The Whole Love. You can stream the band’s entire concert from Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md at NPR.

AV Club Madison interviews Megafaun’s Phil Cook.

Ryan Adams new album, Ashes & Fire is streaming in full at NPR. Pre-Order Ashes & Fire now.

Radiohead played Saturday Night Live, check out the videos here.

Björk has released a new video for “Moon“