Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo Neko Case Bob Pollard of Guided By Voices James Blake The 2011 Pitchfork Festival continues through Sunday at Union Park in Chicago. Some of it is streaming online. A set of pictures from Friday continues below...... more info

Altsounds — *Novella* are London-based Sophy Hollington, Hollie Warren and Suki Sou. They met in Brighton and formed the band in February 2010 after they all moved up to the capital. After spending months in each other's bedrooms writing and listening to bands l... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Guided By Voices at McCarren Park (more by Tamara Porras) After resurrecting Guided By Voices last year, it seems that Robert Pollard is putting them back to bed, and soon.According to a statement by Guided by Voices frontman Robert Pollard... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At The L Magazine, musicians explain why Guided By Voices still matter. Guernica interviews Lynne Tillman about her new short story collection Someday This Will Be Funny. The online list of 2011 summer reading lists has been updated with Jezebel's... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The dig…parsing through the archives, the muck. I suppose it’s what separates the men from the boys when it comes to the Robert Pollard canon.  Pollard, who on average releases several albums of material per year (going back to the early Guided ... more info

Guardian Music — The country music legend is quitting live performance before he is too seriously affected by his illnessThe country music legend Glen Campbell has announced he has Alzheimer's and will be retiring from live performance after a farewell tour this autu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Eleanor Friedberger & band @ Europa After checking out Guided By Voices earlier in the day, Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger played Europa instead of St. Cecilia's Church on Saturday (6/18) as part of the Northside Festiv... more info

Stereogum — The alphabetical summertime playlist Gregg Gillis’ created for Vulture opens with Aaliyah’s “Try Again,” ends with Zhane’s “Hey Mr. DJ,” and finds a spot for Guided by Voices’s “Game of Pricks” in between: “On the tour bus, peop... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tamara Porras, words by Klaus Kinski If you live in NYC (and don't live under a rock) you are very well aware that the 4-day music/film/art extravaganza that is The Northside Festival swept through the ultra-tough, filthy, gang... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Guided By Voices @ Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr) today in NYC * Evillive * Northside Festival * Blue Note Jazz Fest * Los Crema Paraiso @ Barbes * William Parker @ The Stone * Chaka Khan @ BB... more info