Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Godspeed at Hopscotch last week (more by Kenneth Bachor) Godspeed You! Black Emperor's ongoing tour already includes NYC shows on 9/29 at Terminal 5 with Amen Dunes (tickets) and 10/1 at Warsaw, which Downtown Boys were recently added to... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The annual Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival returns November 6 & 7. Limited reduced-prince "blind faith tickets" are on sale now. David Johansen's alter-ego Buster Poindexter does a Cafe Carlyle residency from September 29 to October 10. Tickets ar... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As previously discussed, Godspeed You! Black Emperor are touring this year, including a NYC show at Terminal 5. If you want to see them somewhere a little more up close and personal, you're in luck, because the band added... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Godspeed in Austin in 2012 (more) Godspeed You! Black Emperor recently announced a tour, and they've now tacked on another date onto that. It happens September 8 at Basilica Hudson, which is a few days before the Basilica Soundscape... more info

Stereogum — One of Canada’s many eminent music awards is the Polaris Music Prize and, today, they’ve announced their shortlist of ten records, shortened down from the original list of 40 contenders that was released last month. The past two winners were Tany... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Godspeed in Austin in 2012 (more) Post-rock giants Godspeed You! Black Emperor have been on a creative hot streak since reuniting, most recently putting out this year's very good Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress. The band now announced a... more info

Stereogum — The Polaris Music Prize, awarded annually to Canada’s best album of the year, has been controversial in recent years. Godspeed You! Black Emperor rejected and criticized the prize in 2013, and at last year’s ceremony, winner Tanya Tagaq proclaime... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Raleigh, NC's annual Hopscotch Music Festival returns this year from September 10-12, and today the lineup was announced. It includes Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Godflesh, X, TV on the Radio, Deerhunter, Battles, Roky Erickson, Old Man Gloom, Le1f, ... more info

Stereogum — Hopscotch Music Festival returns for its sixth year in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina this September. This morning the official lineup has been revealed, and since the festival always strives to book a diverse, locally-focused selection of artists,... more info

Stereogum — When a big and great album comes out, and when we give that big and great album a Premature Evaluation, I often use this space to point out that the album you’ll be reading about below isn’t the real album of the week; it’s the one that ended u... more info