According to his website, Travis Morrison has retired from music and is now "just relaxing in Brooklyn." We'll see how long the "no shows, no records, no band" holds up. [pitchfork.com]

According to Rolling Stone, Fleet Foxes will lend some vocal performances to Al Jardine of The Beach Boys on his next album, A Postcard from California. In return, the Foxes may record some new material at Jardine's Big Sur studio. [rollingstone.com]

Two interviews in the past week have revealed Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age is up to something "top secret." Greg Werckman of Ipecac reported that Homme is trying to lure Mike Patton to the desert for a project. Antiquiet's interview with Brody Dalle revealed …

Audio link of Brendan Benson - Don't Wanna Talk