Stereogum — Last month, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile got together to release the dazed, casual, delightful collaborative album Lotta Sea Lice . Barnett and Vile are touring together now, and last night, they were musical guests on Stephen Colbert's Late Show.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — BBC Culture, Book Riot, and The Millions recommended November's best books. Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett discussed their album Lotta Sea Lice with Paste. Hazlitt profiled the songwriter behind the singer Meat Loaf. Powell’s interviewed autho... more info

Chorus.fm — The notable artists on your television this week include: Dave Grohl (Kimmel; 10/31), Weezer (Colbert; 10/30), Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile (Colbert; 11/2), and Demi Lovato (Ellen; 10/30). more info

JamBase — Watch Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile and their band The Sea Lice perform a Pitchfork Live set in Malibu, California. more info

Chicago Tribune — The setting was solemn, even breathtaking – the high ceiling and stained glass windows of Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on the University of Chicago campus. But the performers couldn’t have been more casual, even downright shaggy. Courtney Barnett ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Signature recommended literary horror fiction. Stereogum profiled singer-songwriter Julien Baker. Biographer Ron Chernow talked books and reading with the New York Times. Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett visited The Current for an interview and live in... more info

Chicago Tribune — The Kurt Vile-Courtney Barnett collaboration — which has produced a fine album, “Lotta Sea Lice” (Matador), and now a national tour —was meant to be, long before the two indie-rock guitarists and songwriters really got to know each other. Vil... more info

Nialler9 — With so many releases flying at you, here are recommended vetted listens from Nialler9 for you this week, as collated in the Nialler9 New Releases Spotify playlist, updated weekly. 1. King Krule – The Ooz Archy Marshall’s guttural vowel-swa... more info

Stereogum — Today William Patrick Corgan stopped by the Billboard Music offices to play some songs from his new album, out today, and answer my questions about his cats. Unfortunately for Billy William, there are just so many promising new albums to stream today... more info

DrownedInSound — The sound of two good mates having a bloody good time more info