Brooklyn Vegan — It's a very busy Saturday: Conor Oberst/Kacey Musgraves, Mudcrutch, The Gotobeds, Flowers, King Khan, Grouper, the first Warm-Up of the year, not to mention outside NYC events Mysteryland (Young Thug, Hercules & Love Affair, etc), Punk Rock Bowl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yowler, the excellent bare-bones solo project of Maryn Jones (of All Dogs and Saintseneca, and a Radiator Hospital contributor), will be in NYC for two shows during the Northside Festival. One is opening Grouper's late show at... Continue readin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Upcoming dates include her first proper Grouper shows in NYC since the release of 2014's excellent Ruins. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Helen is a blown-out dream-pop band fronted by Liz Harris, aka Grouper. (The mysterious Helen herself is credited as a backup vocalist.) After releasing just one 7″ single in 2013, Helen are back, with a debut full-length to come this fall. Caitlin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Grouper's Liz Harris also has a band called Helen with Eternal Tapestry's Jed Bideman, and Scott Simmons. They're releasing their debut album, The Original Faces, on September 4 via Kranky, and first single "Motorcycle" is out now...... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Standing beneath the all-seeing Masonic pyramid symbol called the Eye of Providence, the artist who records as Lustmord made his Los Angeles debut after three decades as a preeminent sculptor of dark, stomach-rumbling sonic design and experimental a... more info

Stereogum — The indie label Mexican Summer is throwing itself a big party this spring, and it’s calling it the New Myths Festival. This isn’t a standard music festival. Rather, it’s a set of musicians and artists (including people who rarely play festivals... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Mexican Summer label is curating a cultural festival New Myths (not to be confused with the Brooklyn band of that name), which will happen March 13 - 15 in Marfa, Texas. There will be art, film and of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Photo: Grouper @ the Guggenheim in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Tiny Mix Tapes posted their Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014, and as TMT lists usually are, it's a pretty eccentric one with a lot of stuff that... more info