Big Apple Music Scene — Cast Spells and Good Old War. Images via: Dave Clifford, Us/Them Lots of good stuff on sale today, including all of the shows for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, which will host Marianne Faithfull, St. Vincent, Dirty Projectors, and many... more info

The Independent — Two years ago this month, Brooklyn's biggest bands-in-waiting both released their debut albums. Hard to remember a time when Williamsburg wasn't the beating heart of hipster cool, but it was MGMT's Oracular Spectacular and Yeasayer's All Hour Cymbal... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Tonight, November 4 at 9 p.m. ET, catch a video of an acoustic live performance by Dirty Projectors in a recent Sirius XMU Session. In this sneak peak, you can watch "No Intention", originally from the Projectors' most recent album, Bitte Orca. For t... more info

Stereogum — Dirty Projectors showcased an acoustic "No Intention" at Housing Works this past Spring. Take a break from familiarizing with new DP material, for another stripped-down take on the Bitte Orca tune: They did it this time for Sirius' new XMU Session... more info

My Old Kentucky — Dirty Projectors performed No Intention, and a slew of their other songs, on SIRIUS XMU not too long ago. You can hear the session on November 5th at 4pm, November 6th at 9am and November 8th at Noon ET. For more on SIRIUS XMU, go to sirius.com/siriu... more info

Stereogum — While you were out drinking as vampire Sarah Palins and slutty John McCains (research for this post conducted in 2008), musicians were celebrating Halloween in myriad ways their own: Phish covered Exile In Main Street in Indio; Titus Andronicus di... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The involved and meticulous art-pop deconstructions of Brooklyn's the Dirty Projectors will graduate to Walt Disney Concert Hall in early 2010. The experimental six-piece will co-headline with the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Feb. 27. Tickets will ran... more info

Rawkblog — Photo by David Greenwald Vampire Weekend are playing an intimate spot tonight and a bigger one tomorrow afternoon (both free!) in advance of their new album, Contra. Space is limited, so RSVP here on the double. I’ll be at Dirty Projectors tonight,... more info

Stereogum — It's not exactly new: Dirty Projectors have been playing "Ascending Melody" live since April '08, though the first time we heard the track at Music Hall Of Williamsburg it was called "That's My Move" (or at least that's how they introduced it). Yo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook returns in January for its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song. For 16 nights of pop, folk, cabaret, country, rock, and show tunes, the series will explore the best of ... more info