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

Brooklyn Vegan — Courtney Barnett @ Baby's All Right's second day in business (more by Amanda Hatfield) Courtney Barnett is opening for Blur at Madison Square Garden on Friday (tickets). She'll stick around the city to play a much smaller venue, Baby's All... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian features an excerpt from Gloria Steinem's memoir My Life on the Road. The Guardian interviewed singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom. The Rumpus interviewed author Lincoln Michel. Stream Courtney Barnett's new single, produced by Jack White. B... more info

Stereogum — “Boxing Day Blues” is the song that closed out Courtney Barnett’s great Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, a wistful, melodic portrait of a dying relationship. While the rest of the LP sharpened her sound into punchy, hooky ro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Courtney Barnett has a new single coming out as part of Third Man Record's "Blue" series. Produced by Jack White, the a-side is ""Boxing Day Blues Revisited," a sequel of sorts to "Boxing Day Blues" on Courtney's recent album.... more info

Stereogum — In a recent chat with Pitchfork.tv, the great Australian indie rocker Courtney Barnett called out the Boys Next Door/the Birthday Party’s 1979 classic “Shivers” as one of her favorite songs. “I think when I started listening to Nick Cave and ... more info

Stereogum — Patti Smith’s seminal punk rock debut, Horses, turns 40 years old in December. In celebration of that album’s legacy, the great Australian rocker Courtney Barnett is teaming up with fellow Aussies Jen Cloher, Adalita of Magic Dirt, and the Drones... more info

Stereogum — La Blogothèque’s Takeaway Show performance series has been home to some seriously great artists this year — Courtney Barnett, Shamir, the Staves, SOAK, Ryley Walker, Matthew E. White, Father John Misty, and fucking Spoon have all participated in... more info