Stereogum — Forget the imagined death metal drums, “High Hawk Season” offers the most interestingly left-field arrangement on the Mountain Goats’ All Eternals Deck. Listen: The Mountain Goats – “High Hawk Season” All Eternals Deck is out via Merge. T... more info

NME — The next single from 'The People's Key' will be 'Jejune Stars' more info

Stereogum — The platitude-filled “Jejune Stars,” from Bright Eyes’ latest album The People’s Key, gets a video full of fireworks and sparklers. Conor Oberst’s band plays in front of the light show, in silhouette. It seems to fit the song’s title: it�... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bright Eyes at Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr) More artists have added Williamsburg Waterfront shows to their summer schedules. Bright Eyes' Radio City opener Wild Flag already have a waterfront show with Sonic Youth and Kurt Vile. Now Conor... more info

KEXP Seattle — The second half of Saturday at Sasquatch was equally amazing. The Thermals tore up the Yeti stage. Sharon Van Etten wowed the crowd on the Bigfoot stage and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst got worked up on the main stage. Death Cab for Cutie, the highlig... more info

Totally Fuzzy — As of spring 2010, Blake Sennett, had quit music. Abandoned it completely. No more Rilo Kiley, no more The Elected. The former guitarist and songwriter focused his efforts elsewhere, writing and directing a short film, moving out of his house of 12 ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — alternate headline: Vampire Weekend headlining Hamptons Music Fest, go figure Vampire Weekend @ Coachella 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) MTK: Music To Know Festival announces its inaugural line up headlined by Vampire Weekend on Saturday, August 13th and B... more info

Altsounds — MTK: Music To Know Festival announced its inaugural line up headlined by *Vampire Weekend* on Saturday, August 13th and *Bright Eyes* on Sunday, August 14th. Other confirmed bands include *Matt & Kim*, *Cold War Kids*, *Chromeo*, *Tame Impala*, *Ra ... more info

Stereogum — A new two-day festival, Music To Know, launches this August in East Hampton, New York with appropriate headliners Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes along with Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, and M. Ward, among others. Vampi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Matt Hires (born August 5, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida. Drawing inspiration from influences as disparate as The Band, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Ryan Adams, Matt became the first artist to sign with F-Stop Music, an im... more info