The Late Greats — Been digging this one since I saw the video on Stereogum. A sweet little love song. It hails from 2009. Wish I had heard it back then. Listen: Bowerbirds ∞ Northern Lights more info

Stereogum — North Carolina’s Bowerbirds got affectingly environmental for ’08s “In Our Talons” before performing three songs in an Austrian park without burning anything down. They return to the woods in the video for Upper Air’s “Northern Lights.”... more info

Stereogum — North Carolina's Bowerbirds got affectingly environmental for '08s "In Our Talons" before performing three songs in an Austrian park without burning anything down. They return to the woods in the video for Upper Air's "Northern Lights." Much of the i... more info

Pitchfork - TV — — This quaint, picturesque clip from the North Carolina acoustic rockers is set in and around a cabin alongside a lovely lake. Woodsy! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Bowerbirds - Northern Lights (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bowerbirds - Beneath Your Tree (MP3) Bowerbirds @ Bowery Ballroom in December (more by Chris La Putt) Duo-fronted, accordian-infused Bowerbirds don't have any NYC show coming up, but they will be... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Dominick Mastrangelo Himalayas / Elvis Perkins Having played the night before with Bowerbirds and with everyone seemingly headed to the Friendly Fires/XX show at Webster Hall, the deck may have appeared stacked against Elvis Perkins... more info

Stereogum — As the year comes closer to end with endless gray skies, Elvis Perkins In Dearland's updated "Slow Doomsday" feels like an apropos soundtrack. Perkins & Co. were in New York City this weekend for a pair of headlining shows: Friday at Bowery Ballro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt DOWNLOAD: Bowerbirds - Northern Lights (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bowerbirds - Beneath Your Tree (MP3) Bowerbirds @ Bowery Ballroom Bowerbirds played two sold out shows in NYC this weekend. Friday night it was opening for Elvis Perkins..... more info

Guardian Music — From Hip Hop Weekly to the Source, urban music magazines offer a mixed approach to covering rap's inner conflictsWhat was I thinking? After two and a half years of striving to inspire a heated debate with an outmoded combination of impassioned polemi... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bowerbirds play a tiny desk concert at NPR Music. The Guardian profiles comics legend Osamu Tezuka and his creation, Astro Boy. Tezuka's comics look outward to the world, too: his influences are decisively international. Individual frames, as McCarth... more info