Bill Forman

Paul Kelly’s character development

csindy.com — There are any number of reasons why Paul Kelly is Australia's best-known and most celebrated singer-songwriter. Delve into The A-Z Recordings, an eight-CD box set of live tracks released here in the States last October, and you're captivated by the evocative reminiscences of "They Thought I Was Asleep," the wry humor of "Every Fucking City," the darkly gothic sentiments of "God Told Me To."

Ghost B.C. in the machine

csindy.com — 'You're confirmed for 11 a.m. Wednesday morning. You will have 15 minutes with a nameless ghoul." Last week's message from Ghost B.C.'s publicist, while amusing, was also a little worrying. With its conspicuously costumed anonymity (think Residents, KLF, Kiss), the Swedish metal band's attention-getting image overshadowed one of the most musically intriguing debut albums of 2010.

Pauline Oliveros' sounds and vision

csindy.com — Over the course of her extraordinary career, Pauline Oliveros has had her cutting-edge works commissioned by artists ranging from celebrated choreographer Merce Cunningham to seminal alt-rockers Sonic Youth. She's collaborated with electronic composer Morton Subotnick and played New York City's Lincoln Center in his multimedia opera The Caucasian Chalk Circle, which racked up a total of 150 performances.

Pauline Oliveros' sounds and vision

csindy.com — Over the course of her extraordinary career, Pauline Oliveros has had her cutting-edge works commissioned by artists ranging from celebrated choreographer Merce Cunningham to seminal alt-rockers Sonic Youth. She's collaborated with electronic composer Morton Subotnick and played New York City's Lincoln Center in his multimedia opera The Caucasian Chalk Circle, which racked up a total of 150 performances.

When you talk too much for Twitter

twitlonger.com — Heh, thx. RT @dankois Congratulations to the only 7 people whose P&J ballots were not wrong, incl @Billforman @xfournierx @mehan_j http://j.mp/X12fOD

Fleeting Fox | AudioFile | Colorado Springs Independent

csindy.com — For the wistfully tormented Josh Tillman, it's less a question of identity crisis than interview crisis. The singer-songwriter has been up all morning doing back-to-back phoners in which he's inevitably called upon to pontificate about (a) leaving the acclaimed Fleet Foxes, (b) reinventing himself as the mysterious Father John Misty, and (c) figuring out exactly what it all means.

Kimbra's Indy Interview: The Outtakes

csindy.com — Kimbra in her Gotye video disguise. If you didn't get enough of Kimbra in this week's Indy interview, here are some bonus outtakes from our conversation with the 22-year-old New Zealand chanteuse who found international acclaim this past year for her Gotye duet ("Somebody That I Used to Know") and her own debut album, Vows.

Up from down under

csindy.com — While you may know her best as the body-painted guest singer dueting with Gotye in his ridiculously popular "Somebody That I Used to Know" video, Kimbra had already made a name for herself in her native New Zealand even before the collaboration drew international interest.

Indy Music Awards

csindy.com — Ever wonder what cities have the best music scenes? Earlier this year, a site called livability.com made headlines with its list of the "Top 10 Cities With the Best Music Scenes Outside of Nashville, NYC and LA."