Brooklyn Vegan — Officially looking forward to the next season of Portlandia after seeing the above photo posted to Carrie Brownstein's Instagram, hoping Carrie wears that outfit to her upcoming almost-Halloween appearance at Barnes & Noble in Union Square, hoping Da... more info

Stereogum — Wanna feel old? Portlandia is currently in its sixth season, and it’s going stronger than ever. Since Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein incorporate about as many special guests into their sardonic PDX-based satire as Taylor Swift’s 1989 tour, th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Elvis Costello will release a memoir this year, titled Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink and due out October 13 via Penguin (pre-order). Here's more, via Penguin's description:"Unfaithful Music" describes how Costello's career has somehow endured f... more info

Stereogum — One Grand is a new bookstore/installation created by Out editor Aaron Hicklin, the idea behind it being that it only sells books that various creative/intellectual types — writers, musicians, etc. — list among the 10 books they’d bring to a des... more info

Stereogum — Out editor Aaron Hicklin is about to open a new bookstore called One Grand, with a sort of conceptual hook: The store will only sell books that various prominent cultural types (Ta-Nehisi Coates and Tilda Swinton among them) list among the 10 books t... more info

Stereogum — In his recap of Saturday’s action at Pitchfork Music Festival, Tom described a dramatic wipeout and triumphant rebound by Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein: And Carrie Brownstein, always an absolute badass onstage, has become even more of ... more info

Stereogum — Rookie has a recurring series called Ask A Grown [Man/Woman] in which they enlist famous musicians/celebrities/people to give advice to teenage quandaries. One of the best things about the series is the way it highlights just how universal most of th... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — She stars on "Portlandia," writes and creates the show. Her band, Sleater-Kinney, got back together, recorded a new album and went on tour. You may have seen her on "Transparent" too. She has a memoir being published in the fall and a small role in t... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Sleater-Kinney's five NYC shows all go on sale today. Tickets for Market Hotel and Irving Plaza go on sale at 10 AM; Music Hall of Williamsburg, Terminal 5 and Kings Theater go on sale at noon. In other news,... more info