Stereogum — Aussie newcomers the Goon Sax excel in excruciatingly real, smart, self-deprecating lyrics about humdrum broken heart-related anxieties in post-adolescence: “I need a boyfriend/ Or just anything real.” Their latest track “Boyfriend” engages i... more info

Stereogum — Courtney Barnett has been performing a lot of covers lately; just last month we heard her Jack White-produced rendition of the Boys Next Door’s “Shivers,” and a week or so later she and Paul Kelly released their version of Archie Roach’s “C... more info

Stereogum — “No, I don’t care about much/ But I definitely sometimes care about you,” lament Brisbane’s slacker indie-rock trio the Goon Sax in their video for debut track “Sometimes Accidentally.” Just out of high school, the band share in fellow Au... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Gillian Flynn talked to Weekend Edition about her new novella The Grownup. Stream Courtney Barnett's Austin City Limits performance. BOMB Magazine interviewed author Rebecca Makkai. Newcity Lit interviewed author Dave Reidy. American Songwriter inter... more info

Stereogum — Courtney Barnett performed on last night’s episode of Austin City Limits on PBS. We premiered her cover of Australian band You Am I’s 1998 single “Heavy Heart” a few days ago, and now you can watch the rest of the set, featuring songs from he... more info

Stereogum — We’ve been graced with a few Courtney Barnett covers over the years — including recent ones of the Boys Next Door and Archie Roach and less recent ones from the Breeders and Velvet Underground — and this week’s episode of Austin City Limits (... more info

Stereogum — Indigenous Australian singer/songwriter Archie Roach released his debut solo album, Charcoal Lane, in 1990. Next month, as The Guardian points out, Warner Music Australia is reissuing a remastered 25th anniversary edition of the album, which will als... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin "It looks like we made it to the end," Albarn sang in "To the End," a certainty in numbers that kept turning up all evening: in the gospel pastiche "Tender" from 1999's 13; the young,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Julia Holter at Bowery Ballroom in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) photo: Courtney Barnett at Green Man fest 2015 (more by Rachel Juarez-Carr) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for The Cure and The Twilight Sad's third MSG show go on local and Chase presale today at 9 AM (anyone know the password?) Tickets for the Kendrick Lamar show at Webster Hall with his band The Wesley... more info