Stereogum — The resurgence of Bill Callahan, a truly classic underground American songwriter, is appreciated — New Yorker and NY Times profiles; positive, historicizing Pitchfork review for newest dispatch Apocalypse — but it’s strange how his early, noisy... more info

Stereogum — NAME: Bill Callahan PROGRESS REPORT: One of music’s most mysterious songwriters talks about the Apocalypse, explores writing songs with a quill, and addresses the apparent futility of hope. Bill Callahan is the kind of musician that — even if yo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — How were the Will Oldham audiobook readings that book place in NYC yesterday? Will's Drag City labelmate Ed Askew is performing at the Suffolk tonight (4/30). It's his only scheduled date (at the moment) before he hits the road... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Rumpus interviews Bill Callahan about his new album, Apocalypse. Like Junot Diaz and Lorrie Moore before her, Black has rocketed to a certain type of literary fame on the strength of her one dazzling book of short stories, which... more info

Guardian Music — Two of this year's most striking albums are immensely candid rock confessionals. Should we feel dirty for listening in?It's all very well trying to be highbrow about celebrity gossip and public trauma; picking Popbitch over Perez Hilton, Harper's ove... more info

Guardian Music — YouTube is already fundamental to online music, but now it's expanding its official content and moving into live streamingAt last year's BT Digital Music Awards, YouTube beat Spotify, Last.fm, MySpace, SoundCloud and BBC 6 Music to the publicly-voted... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “Once Bill was making extremely forward statements from behind a veil. Now he’s making veiled statements from a forward position. He’s fundamentally the same person, but stylistically almost everything has changed.” The above quote is pulled ... more info

DrownedInSound — Seven sparse pieces of music, accompanying Bill Callahan’s particularly dry sense of humour and his stark visual metaphors, his latest LP is as reliably fine as a new film from the Coen Brothers. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com ... more info

Nialler9 — The best of recent album streams: Top of the must-listen pile: Tune-Yards brilliant new album w h o k i l l. Crystal Stilts – In Love With Oblivion Guillemots – Walk This River Sleep Thieves – Heartwaves Metronomy – The English Riviera Son Lu... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New York Times profiles singer-songwriter Bill Callahan. This is what Mr. Callahan does: put a big and mysterious idea in a modest place. He has gotten better and better at it. "The thing that’s uniquely his," said the singer-songwriter... more info