Roy Orbison

David Lynch loves to talk about music almost as much as he does about the weather.

Cyndi Lauper, Drab Majesty, SOPHIE, The Blue Nile, Boy Harsher, The Cure, Jehnny Beth and Johnny Hostile, Roy Orbison, Heart, Prince, Janet Jackson, Com Truise, Bananarama, and more all feature on Bat for Lashes' new mix.

Plus: Hot Chip, Drive-By Truckers, White Denim, Black Label Society/Black Dahlia Murder, Los Lobos, Toro y Moi, yMusic, and more tour news.

’California Son’ features covers of songs by Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Jobriath, Buffy Sainte Marie, Phil Ochs, Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, and more.

This week: The Goon Sax's terrific new 'We're Not Talking'; Baxter Dury teams with Etienne de Crécy for a new LP; plus Lake Ruth, French psych band Bootchy Temple, and two new 1968 compilations curated by Saint Etienne.

Arcade Fire are also selling a t-shirt that is a riff on Kylie and Kendall Jenner's derided "rock tee" fashion line.

Austra just finished a tour that stopped in Austin last month. Pictures from their set are HERE and HERE and HERE, and we've got another set in this post...