Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC-area shows include the Tibet House US Benefit (with Blood Orange, Angel Olsen, Stephin Merritt, and more), Bob Weir & Phil Lesh, Shopping, Andrew Bird, The Men, Frigs, the debut show of David Byrne's ambitious new stage show, ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Signature previewed March's best new books. Andrew Bird covered the Mountain Goats' "Distant Stations." February's best eBook deals. The JC interviewed author Laura Lippman. Drowned in Sound reconsidered the Cure's Pornography album. eBook on sale fo... more info

Stereogum — Tomorrow, Capitol Records is releasing Holidays Rule Volume 2, a sequel to the 2012 compilation that found the likes of the Shins and Andrew Bird covering seasonal classics. For the next installment, they've rounded up a new roster of artists includi... more info

Stereogum — Andrew Bird occasionally goes on Facebook Live to broadcast his Live From The Great Room performance series, and today he brought on Tim Heidecker as the special guest. They debuted one new song each and also did a handful of other tracks. Together, ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — One of the coolest things about New York City during the summertime is the full range of free concerts at various venues across the city.  On one of these recent summer nights we were treated to an absolutely beautiful free show from the one and onl... more info

Stereogum — After playing in Trip Shakespeare and fronting Semisonic in the '90s, Dan Wilson largely moved onto a career as a songwriter for other people, co-writing hits like Adele's "Someone Like You" and the Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready To Make Nice" along with s... more info

Stereogum — Andrew Bird wrote the theme music for Baskets, Zach Galifianakis' FX show Baskets. And these days, Bird is hosting Live From The Great Room, a Facebook Live show where he sits down with musicians and other artists. On a recent episode, as Pitchfork p... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — In recent years, singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has found herself collaborating with a diverse group of musicians: She recorded and toured with Andrew Bird, MC Taylor’s Hiss Golden Messenger and classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein. When it was tim... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Paste recommended books to read if you enjoy watching The Americans. NPR Music is streaming San Fermin's new album Belong. Words Without Borders recommended tribal literature from India. NPR Music is streaming a recent live performance by Andrew Bird... more info

Chicago Tribune — The summer lineup for Ravinia will include a rare sextuple bill of '90s hitmakers — TLC, Biz Markie, All-4-One, O-Town, Snap! and Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath — on Sept. 16. All but McGrath will be making their Ravinia debuts. Chicago hip-hop icon Co... more info