Brooklyn Vegan — The National at Barclays Center in 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The National's upcoming Celebrate Brooklyn show at Prospect Park on June 17 with Phosphorescent went on sale today, and sold right now, but the band have since added... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to the Morrissey show at Barclays Center go on sale today at noon. Tickets to see The National and Phosphorescent at Prospect Park go on sale today at noon. Tickets for the Cat Power solo shows at Music... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to the Morrissey show at Barclays Center go on AmEx presale today at noon. Tickets to see The National and Phosphorescent at Prospect Park go on AmEx and National fan club (password: "TROUBLE") today at noon. Tickets to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The National at Barclays Center in 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The National already had a bunch of tour dates announced, though still none in NYC, but that just changed. They'll headline a Celebrate Brooklyn show at Prospect Park... more info

Time — Get ready to make a long trek to Washington state this summer, because the Sasquatch! music festival has announced its lineup and it’s an unusually strong line-up. Soundgarden, Outkast, Kraftwerk and the National are all on the bill for the 2014 Sa... more info

Pop Headwound — Another Phosphorescent cover, this time a stunning version of VW's Modern Vampires of the City standout. This dude could sing a take-out menu and have it break yr heart. more info

Consequence of Sound — No one has a getup quite like Matthew Houck. more info

Pop Headwound — Matthew Houck turns in a gorgeously true-to-the-original version of one of Dylan's greatest love songs. To appear on a freakin' Starbucks CD for cryin out loud. -------------------------------------------- more info

Consequence of Sound — Another track off Starbucks' Sweethearts 2014 covers compilation. more info

Sweeping The Nation — Truth be told, we didn't think there'd be a blog poll this year. Partly because this place was out of commission by choice for a while, but also the number of blogs closing down without notice, just disappearing and leaving a regular last pos... more info