Lizzyville

• Artist:
  Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Near nine-minute video for "Kisses Over Babylon" from the Daniel Day-Lewis of contemporary music.

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• Artist:
  Florence and the Machine

In a recent interview with TV Guide, Florence Welch breaks down the songwriting process of her eccentric, highly produced debut Lungs, prompting me to ask: is this pop? And if not, what is it?

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Lavender Diamond covered "Like A Prayer" for a 2007 benefit album; this is the gaudy, Lisa Frank-like video.

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• Artist:
  IO Echo
• Track:
  Stalemate

"Stalemate" is a rough and as-yet-unreleased cut of Los Angeles duo IO Echo, but it's also probably the loveliest track currently on their MySpace page.

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• Artist:
  Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear lead singer Ed Droste, whose Twitter account was formerly located at @EdwardDroste and followed by tens of thousands, has quit the site, or gone private or something. I don't really know.

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• Artist:
  The Big Pink
• Track:
  Sweet Dreams

The British duo, who released their debut, A Brief History Of Love, in September, cover Beyoncé's "Sweet Dreams" on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.

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• Artist:
  The xx

Radio performance and interview with the xx featuring "Crystalised" and a brief talk about influences and iTunes libraries.

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• Artist:
  Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Mp3s from Mr. Dream, BOAT, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Katie The Pest, Voice On Tape, Robot Koch, Moses Campbell and more.

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• Artist:
  Lights
• Album:
  Rites
• Track:
  Heavy Drops

"Heavy Drops" by Brooklyn's Lights, not to be confused with Toronto's Lights, who came out with their debut, Rites, on Drag City in July.

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• Artist:
  Speech Debelle

A nice consolation prize following her CMJ cancellation: the 2009 Mercury Prize winner performs several songs at a club in Paris, October 16, 2009.

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• Artist:
  Solange Knowles
• Track:
  Stillness Is The Move

Solange, embarking on a major-label-free career, releases her excellent cover of Dirty Projectors' "Stillness Is The Move," featuring familiar Erykah Badu by way of Dr. Dre by way of Soul Mann & The Brothers by way of Isaac Hayes guitar and xylophone sampling.

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• Artist:
  tUnE-yArDs

Taken from a 24-minute, five-song set from Merrill Garbus, aka Tune-Yards, installment two of 4AD's new video sessions.

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• Artist:
  Mount Kimbie
• Album:
  Sketch On Glass
• Track:
  Fifty Mile View

A track from British "step" duo Mount Kimbie, from their four-song EP "Sketch On Glass," which came out in July.

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• Artist:
  Telephant
• Track:
  5th Ace of Anchors

Nashville duo Telephant's soothing pop music includes this stunner, a thumping, piano anthem backed by driving strings.

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Morrissey was hit with a drink container -- an eyewitness says it was a water bottle with the lid off -- at a concert in Liverpool, prompting him to leave the stage in the middle of the second song.

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• Artist:
  The Horrors

A roundup of five playlists inspired by Halloween, autumn, album release schedules, indie hype and and New Zealander's perspective of what's great around these parts.

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Berlin-based producer Jay Haze's new album, Let The Love Flow, is at times barely tech house. It's a more intimate, less cinematic Pantha du Prince, with a softness enveloping even the coldest percussion and fiercest bass.

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• Artist:
  Robot Koch
• Track:
  While

German producer Robot Koch has an album coming out called Death Star, and this short track is the standout.

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• Artist:
  Janelle Mon�e

Monae performs the classic song at her first ever London show at Cargo.

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