The Culture Of Me — Next week, indie guitar rock kids Akron/Family take to the streets for a long, two-month trek around the US and Canada, supporting their disc Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free, which came out in stores this past May. Stops include... more info

JamBase — Akron/Family Announce Tour Dates, 7" Vinyl Series and "Sun Will Shine" Vincent Moon Video Akron/Family As experimental folk outfit Akron/Family gears up for its North American tour, the band plans on releasing a series 7" vinyls. For the band's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Slaraffenland - Meet and Greet (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Akron/Family - River (MP3) Akron/Family @ New Museum 3/27 (more by Leia Jospe) Akron/Family will continue to tour behind their new disc, Set 'Em Wild, Set Em Free, into the fall, with... more info

Altsounds — Akron/Family are gearing up for a North American tour that features a handful of summer festivals plus headlining club and theater dates. Just back from Japan Akron/Family will be joined by *Wooden Wand* for an east coast run and in September by very... more info

Rawkblog — Credit where it’s due: Megafaun’s Gather, Form & Fly is an album that tries. While their pals in Akron/Family seem to have lost the ambition to seek out anything farther than the end of their bongs, Megafaun’s sophomore album ranges from harmon... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Hollands is duo from NYC consisting of multi-instrumentalist John-Paul Norpoth and violinist Jannina Barefield whose EP Faces has been bubbling under since Fall 2008. They have played on Akron/Family albums, albeit on two different ones and never a... more info

Stereogum — Megafaun's Bury The Square was an invigorating mix of folk harmonies, spaced-out explorations, and noisy/spliced experimentation. Tellingly, the Raleigh-via-Eau Clair trio's comfortable playing (or collaborating) with Akron/Family, the Rosebuds, and/... more info

Here Comes The Flood — San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is the location for the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.. The festival lasts three days (August 28-30). Some big names will enter the stage, but it's get more interesting if further down the bill. Friday 08/2... more info

Instrumental Analysis — What? Oh why yes, I still do, in fact, do these. Lets get to it then shall we.Starfucker - MedicinePhoenix - LisztomaniaAkron/Family - The RiverJohn Vanderslice - Sunken Union BoatDeer Tick - EasyThe Thermals - Now We Can SeeApostle of Hustle - Soul... more info

Ryan's Smashing Life — SHOW HYPE Tonight - Wednesday 6/10/09SCENE: TT the Bears in CambridgeEverybody's concerned about their budget, and rightfully so these days. Never has the dollar been worth so little and the prospect of making more of it seem so far away to so many.... more info