Enduring icon Marianne Faithfull returns to Australia in January for a handful of special shows.

Marianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that's found her constantly reinventing herself. But when her band played "As Tears Go By" on her fall U.S. concert tour, she found herself flashing back to where her wild ride all began.

NEW YORK (AP) — Marianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that has found her constantly reinventing herself. But when her band played “As Tears Go By” on her fall...

The latest script is her new album "Easy Come, Easy Go," on which she interprets songs spanning nearly a century of popular music from Duke Ellington and Dolly Parton to Neko Case and the Decembrists.

NEW YORK - Marianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that's found her constantly reinventing herself. But when her band...

Her new album "Easy Come, Easy Go," features Faithfull's interpretations of songs spanning nearly a century of popular music -- from Duke Ellington and Dolly Parton to Neko Case and the Decembrists. It has a contemporary feel thanks to collaborations with younger musicians such as Chan Marshall a/k/a Cat Power, and two children of her musician friends, Rufus Wainwright and Sean Lennon.

Photo by Napoleon Habeica With their intimate tour of out-of-the-way California spots wrapped up, it's time for some new Vampire Weekend live dates. Along with a free Australian show next week and bunch of West Coast radio gigs next month, the New York group are planning a three-night return to Manhattan come January. The hometown stand is in celebration of their sophomore LP Contra , which is ...

Live music on T.V. this week: Tuesday, November 17: NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Neko Case NBC: Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien: 50 Cent NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly : Chuck Klosterman Wednesday, November 18: Current TV: Embedded: The Decemberists , Passion Pit, Bon Iver NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: The Avett Brothers CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Ray Davies ABC: Jimmy ...

Photo by Inez & Vinoodh Matin/ILC Moomins are vaguely hippopotamus-looking creatures invented by Finnish author/illustrator Tove Jansson. Björk likes Moomins. She likes them so much that she wrote a song about them. "The Comet Song" was written by Björk with author and frequent collaborator Sjón ("Bachelorette", "Wanderlust") for the upcoming children's film Moomins and the Comet Chase , due out ...

-- On December 7, Kompakt will release the Field 's Yesterday & Today Remixe EP . Gold Panda, Rainbow Arabia, and Walls remix tracks from the Field's recent Yesterday & Today album. Hear Gold Panda's remix of "I Have the Moon, You Have the Internet" over in Forkcast . -- Cloud Cult frontman Craig Minowa has remixed and remastered two of his band's early albums, 2003's They Live on the Sun and ...