Guardian Music — Other Lives, On tourYou don't necessarily need a cabin in the woods in order to connect with the American landscape. From a remote Oklahoman town, Other Lives are a band whose music is, spiritually, many miles from the back-to-basics communion of mus... more info

Music For Ants — Fleet Foxes are the youngest band ever to headline a night at Pitchfork Festival, a spot that’s usually reserved for esteemed, decade-spanning bands like Pavement, Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon and De La Soul. They also mark the... more info

KEXP Seattle — Currently, Seattle has a lot of excellent folk-leaning bands making local and national headlines, and you could fill volumes of No Depression by focusing just on NW bands like The Moondoggies, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Fleet Foxes, The Hea... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo & Josh Darr Fleet Foxes / Zola Jesus Pitchfork Fest day two (7/16) had a pretty great variety of acts. In addition to newer acts like No Age, Zola Jesus and Twin Shadow, day two made... more info

Altsounds — As well as having amassed a body of work that includes 14 live and 21 acclaimed studio albums Roy Harper is credited as a friend, inspiration and mentor to many of today's great artists including Fleet... more info

Guardian Music — Readers' favourite photographs, songs and recipesSnapshot: My big fat Greek summerIn the summer of 1974, my brother John spent the summer with three students from Aberdeen University, studying the breeding biology of falcons and shearwaters on the u... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Live Broadcasts of many of the performances from this weekend’s Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, below... Scheduled programmings include headlining sets from Animal Collective and Fleet Foxes, Guided By Voice’s fifth to last gig ever, OFWG... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Big Sur's Henry Miller Library has booked an excellent lineup of summer/fall shows including Fleet Foxes, Explosions in the Sky and Philip Glass conducting "Dracula." more info

DrownedInSound — As people pour out into refreshingly cool streets, there's the very real sense that part three of this story can't come soon enough. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — An affectionate heir of Laurel Canyon counterculture, this US singer-songwriter is a Gentle Spirit by name and natureHometown: Forest City, North Carolina.The lineup: Jonathan Wilson (vocals, instruments).The background: Older than most to appear in ... more info