Stereogum — Australian alt-rock trio Middle Kids followed up this year's self-titled debut EP by offering covers of Car Seat Headrest's "Fill In The Blank" and Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over," and now they've added another cover to that list: a spare, ha... more info

Stereogum — When you break it down, Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over" is a pretty strange song. It's got a singalong hook, but it's an almost desperately frustrated one; it's a defiant message that sounds like it's about to fall into a state of defeatism; ... more info

Stereogum — The promising young Australian alt-rock trio Middle Kid released their self-titled debut EP earlier this year. And more recently, they showed up on the Aussie radio station Triple J to do a live-in-studio cover of one of the great rock singalongs tha... more info

BBC News - UK — Crowded House are honoured at Australia's Aria awards, with some performers speaking out over the country's gay marriage laws. more info

NME — Coldplay and Pearl Jam frontmen join forces at Global Citizen Festival more info

Stereogum — Coldplay’s Chris Martin curated this year’s star-studded Global Citizen Festival, and he took the stage in NYC’s Central Park to perform a brief surprise set with Eddie Vedder. Vedder played on New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn’s 2001 a... more info

Consequence of Sound — The setlist includes songs by Pearl Jam, Crowded House, and Patti Smith. more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — New Zealand group Crowded House has released a rare track from 1995, "Help Is Coming," for use in a new fund-raising campaign to aid refugees from Syria. more info

Stereogum — Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner records synthy, reberby music on her own under the name Flock Of Dimes. And as Flock Of Dimes, she’s lately been on tour with solid-gold dance-poppers Sylvan Esso. Together, Wasner and Sylvan Esso recently took part in the A... more info