Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Damien Jurado - Gillian was a Horse (MP3) Damien Jurado "Laura Gibson's new album, Beasts of Seasons, is nothing short of a masterpiece, both for its flawless and often haunting execution and for its inspired statements on the human... more info

Totally Fuzzy — CTV said...SONGS ABOUT UNREQUITED LOVE:The Mamas and the Papas - Glad To Be UnhappyHolmes Brothers - I Want You To Want MeAni DiFranco - Untouchable Face (live)The Association - CherishBarenaked Ladies - JaneDamien Jurado - Simple HelloWeezer - Only ... more info

Pitchfork — Most of those of us outside Seattle never heard of John Spalding, but the former Raft of Dead Monkeys frontman made an impact on the people who knew him. Spalding died of cancer last November, and now Seattle's indie rock scene has come together to m... more info

Pop Matters — From AmpLive to Damien Jurado, PopMatters offers up the first batch of Slipped Discs, 40 great albums that didn't quite make our year-end list in 2008, but our writers thought belonged there. more info

Pitchfork — Barcelona is, we understand, a nice place, and you probably shouldn't need any excuse to visit, but now you've got one anyway: This year's edition of the Primavera Sound Festival will go down May 28-30 at Barcelona's Parc Del Fòrum, and Pitchfork is... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video of the DaySpinner.com: Artist: Damien Jurado Video: 'Caskets' Highlight: The singer-songwriter's cinematic video can best be described as 'ER' meets 'The Oregon Trail.' Buy 'Caskets' on iTunes. Next Video... Read more ... more info

Paste Magazine — Rosie Thomas named her last record These Friends of Mine, a fitting title considering the album boasted collaborations with name-brand folkies Sufjan Stevens, Damien Jurado and Denison Witmer. For her new album, Thomas is adding another friend to t... more info

Radio Exile — Normally, I don’t post a lot of commentary as of late because I am wading through so much PR stuff, I can’t wrap my head around it all. Two weeks ago, we migrated to a new server, so in honor of the death of the old system (and the fact that I S... more info

Pop Matters — Jurado's idiom is as worn and familiar as a favored old coffee table. more info

Topix — This is Damien JuradoA's murky heartbeat. It kicks up a couple times, but stays mostly somber, and always intense and interesting. Singer/songwriter Damien Jurado has released about a dozen records in his career; all of them powerful, intimate, and i... more info