Stereogum — ’90s radio staples Counting Crows have been getting a whole lot of flowers lately; just think of the mutual appreciation that MJ Lenderman and Crows frontman Adam Duritz have for one another. Well, now the band is about to get more. HBO is premieri... more info

Stereogum — Conor Oberst has been taking a break from the Bright Eyes reunion lately to play star-studded weekly Thursday night residencies in LA and NYC. These shows are billed as Conor Oberst And Friends, and out West, those friends included his Better Obli... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC-area shows include Mineral, King Tuff, The Lemon Twigs, The Jayhawks, Cam'ron, Alejandro Escovedo, Bodega, Azure Ray, Kim Phuc, and more. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — CLOSENESS, aka husband and wife duo Todd Fink (of The Faint) and Orenda Fink (of Azure Ray and Now It's Overhead), debuted last year with the Personality Therapy EP... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Azure Ray has passed through several life cycles as a band. In the early 2000s, indie-folk duo Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink were twentysomething rookies who relocated from Athens, Georgia -- deep reserves of grief and nostalgia in tow -- to join the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — CLOSNESS are touring, including SXSW and the Knockdown Center in Queens. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Orenda and Todd Fink are longtime members of some of Omaha's most accomplished bands -- she in Azure Ray, he in the Faint. Now, spurred on by some scary life events, the spouses have finally begun a band together. The Finks founded CLOSENESS after Or... more info

Time — The 1989 singer helped a fan move on with songs by Charli XCX and Azure Ray more info

Stereogum — Orenda Fink is best known for her work as half of the duo Azure Ray, but soon she’ll release the new solo album Blue Dream. It’s an album Fink has said is inspired and informed by her own dreams, which is completely reinforced by Amelie Raoul’s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Bill Sitzmann Orenda Fink's been quite the prolific Saddle Creek artist for the past decade-plus. She spent time in the now-defunct (and missed) Now It's Overhead, she's in the long-running Azure Ray, has done one-off... more info