Brooklyn Vegan — Shapeshifting alt-country singer Jessica Lea Mayfield got heavy on last year's Make My Head Sing, and now she's got another new project on the way. This one's a collaborative project with Seth Avett (as in one of the brothers),... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Pulp documentary is far from the only music film showing in NYC this month. Film festival DOC NYC runs November 13 - 20 with a wide variety of non-fiction films. Like last year, this also includes the "Sonic... more info

Stereogum — Soft Fangs is John Lutkevich, a Massachusetts native recording tremendous music in Brooklyn. “Dog Park,” from a five-song cassette EP coming soon on Seagreen, is almost certainly the most beautiful song you’ll hear today. It’s got the feel of... more info

Stereogum — Angelo De Augustine stays making gorgeously fragile intimate acoustic ballads on that Elliott Smith tip. “You Open To The Idea” is the latest song he’s shared from debut album Spirals Of Silence, and like “How Past Begins” and “Old Hope�... more info

Stereogum — Last month, 22-year-old L.A.-based singer-songwriter Angelo De Augustine released “How Past Begins,” the first single off his forthcoming record, Spirals Of Silence. Now you can hear a new one: “Old Hope,” a track as muted and spellbinding as... more info

NME — The song was discovered during the making of new documentary 'Heaven Adores You' more info

Stereogum — The first thing you think about when you encounter Angelo De Augustine’s music will probably be Elliott Smith, and understandably so: It’s whispery, gorgeously fragile lo-fi acoustic music from the West Coast. If you’re a fan of the gentler sid... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We told you ARMS was releasing a covers EP, and you already heard the Guided By Voices track. Now listen to the entire EP, via Spotify, below...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — ARMS at MHOW in March (more by Amanda Hatfield) Brooklyn band ARMS (the current project of former Harlem Shakes guitarist Todd Goldstein) will be paying tribute to some of their influences -- specifically Broadcast, Elliott Smith, Guided by Voices, T... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Hilton Als reviewed Flannery O'Connor's A Prayer Journal at the New York Review of Books. Listen to Minnie Driver cover Elliott Smith's "Waltz #2." The Guardian Books podcast interviewed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Pitchfork listed the 10 best a... more info