Stereogum — “Do you ever wonder why I sing these love songs/ When I have no love at all?” So goes “5 AM,” a minor-key piano ballad from Hamilton Leithauser’s solo debut Black Hours that feels like what Jeff Tweedy might call “the bible-black pre-dawn... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the newly-added fifth Bob Dylan show at Beacon Theater go on sale today at 10 AM. Matisyahu is playing his 'Festival of Light' show this year at Best Buy Theater on December 20. Tickets for that show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hamilton Leithauser @ AV Club Hideout Fest 2014 (more by James Richards IV) Hamilton Leithauser has spent most of his time since releasing his solo debut opening for other people -- Broken Bells and Spoon to be specific. Those tours... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Atlantic explored Boston's new "literary district." Rolling Stone interviewed singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. SPIN profiled Hamilton Leithauser of the Walkmen. PBS Newshour interviewed author Lev Grossman. Stereogum interviewed musician Steve... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Broken Bells at Webster Hall in March (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Broken Bells, Hamilton Leithauser @ Central Park Rumsey Playfield James Mercer and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hamilton Leithauser @ AV Club Hideout Fest 2014 (more by James Richards IV) Hamilton Leithauser, who put out his first solo album earlier this year, is currently finishing up his opening stint on the Broken Bells tour, which hits Central... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Walter Martin at Joe's Pub in May (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The Walkmen's Walter Martin has lately been using the extreme-hiatus of the Walkmen to produce "family music." He's got a second album as such coming out, which is... more info

Stereogum — Back when he called himself John Cougar, John Mellencamp scored his first-ever hit with his 1979 single “I Need A Lover,” and Pat Benatar would cover the song later that year on her debut album In The Heat Of The Night. But for all its classic-ro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Spoon @ Governors Ball 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Spoon took their sweet time announcing openers for their Central Park Summerstage show on September 10. (Most dates on the tour are either with EMA or Hamilton Leithauser.) But now it... more info

Stereogum — In our Walkmen cover story, Hamilton Leithauser talked about how Frank Sinatra was a big influence on him in the lead-up to 2012′s Heaven and his recent solo album Black Hours — he even bought the same vintage mic that Sinatra had used to record ... more info