KEXP Seattle — update and photos by Shawn King That first day was a bit delirious but it was too beautiful to waste, so Tom and Jeanie and I weaved through town along the waterways. Then in the eve some mutual friends with Bright Eyes invited us to come down at a p... more info

KEXP Seattle — Hello, Seattle friends — we’re getting ready to split for a European tour starting in Switzerland on Friday, and our favorite radio station here will be hosting a few updates and photos, & random anecdotes from our travels through July. The set w... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Posting from: isinginthekitchenWhen life is unbearable I am forever thankful that music is there to fall back on. Years ago it was my broken hearts and insecurity that were soothed by song. Now older, death and illness of loved ones seem to creep in... more info

5 Acts — 9:30 Club has DeVotchKa on Tuesday night with openers Mariarhi El Bronx. Email me (5actsbog at gmail dot com) with the subject "100 Lovers" to try to win a pair of tickets. Contest ends Tuesday at 1:00 pm ET. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The National Post profiles DeVotchKa. The story of DeVotchKa is as unlikely as the music they make. The band — whose songs nod to a variety of musical traditions, including traditional Romani, Mariachi, Klezmer, Arabic and Cuban, as well as... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — American Songwriter interviews DeVotchKa frontman Nick Urata. Tea Obreht talks to Weekend Edition about her new novel, The Tiger's Wife. An excerpt is also presented. Space.com recommends a playlist of wakeup songs for the space shuttle's final missi... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Morning Edition profiles singer-songwriter Tom Waits. The Guardian lists the 10 best counterculture books. On sale at Amazon MP3: DeVotchKa's new 100 Lovers album. The Wall Street Journal profiles poet Richard Wilbur. Why Mr. Wilbur is not more natio... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — DeVotchKa creates music that explodes with the desperate passion of someone standing at the end of a pier, or lost in the middle of a desert. The real beauty of this Denver collective’s polyglot approach is that you don’t know... more info

Altsounds — Singer-songwriter *Priscilla Ahn* and Blue Note Records have partnered with Creative Allies (http://www.creativeallies.com/design-contest/201-CREATE-THE-ALBUM-DESIGN-FOR-SINGER-SONGWRITER-PRISCILLA-AHN) to launch an album cover design contest for A... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Radiohead announced it will release its new album, The King of Limbs Saturday. Preorder now. The Guardian reports that a lost Roberto Bolano novel will be serialized by the Paris review this spring. NPR is streaming the new DeVotchKa album,... more info