Fever Ray Winter mix
BBC 6 Music last week aired a special Winter Solstice mix from Fever Ray preceeded by a mix from 2006 from her brother and cohort in The Knife, Olof.
Listen at BBC 6 music

Portishead for Amnesty
Gloom-hop purveyors Portishead have released a new track entitled Chase The Tear. All proceeds of the sale of the single go towards Amnesty International.
http://www.portishead.co.uk

Biggus Diccus
If you’re a fan of Spinal Tap and Eagles of Death Metal, click over to Bandcamp where Ireland’s premier providers of hard cock-rocking riffs Biggus Diccus are waiting for you to climb their flagpole of love. Download their album Twelve Inches Of Love for free.
http://biggusdiccus.bandcamp.com

New Jónsi
From the forthcoming solo album by the Sigur Ros frontman comes the first taster in the form of Boy Lilikoi, a sweeping orchestral song featuring strings from Nico Muhly. He’s singing in English on this one.
http://jonsi.com