Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Three Lobed Recordings is releasing a five-album set this week called Parallelogram. Each album is a different split between two artists, and "each LP will be housed within its own letter pressed 'matchbook' bearing new original artw... more info

Stereogum — North Carolina-based Three Lobed Recordings have made a name for themselves on ambitious projects, and this next one might just be their most exciting yet: Parallelograms is a 5-LP collection centered around new songs split between complementary musi... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The last time we heard from Phil Cook, he was serving up an EP entitled This Side Up, a collection of four instrumentals gracefully mingling country funk boogie with warm folk rambles and delicate, spacious meditations. Since then he has lent his tal... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher The Be Good Tanyas member Frazey Ford has been on her own for a few years now, having released her sophomore solo album Indian Ocean last year via Nettwerk. Frazey's a Joni Mitchell-esque folk singer but she... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Hiss Golden Messenger at MHOW in June (more by PSquared) Folk singer Hiss Golden Messenger has been touring a lot this year, and now he's got more dates coming up through the fall. That includes a short Northeast run... more info

Stereogum — The Watkins Family Hour played a show at Newport’s Jane Pickens Theatre last Thursday, kicking off the Newport Folk Festival the night before it officially began. They brought out a bunch of friends to handle the vocals for their vaudevillian blueg... more info

Stereogum — Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the National’s Aaron Dessner are kicking off their inaugural Eaux Claires Festival on 7/17 and 7/18 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The National and Bon Iver are both headlining, of course, along with Spoon and Sufjan Steve... more info

Stereogum — You may recognize the name Phil Cook from his sideman gigs in Megafaun and Hiss Golden Messenger or his collaborations with Justin Vernon in Gayngs and DeYarmond Edison. Cook’s been lurking on the fringes of the South’s experimental folk-rock ren... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by P Squared Photography Matsson kept the arrangements varied, switching from a five-piece to a quartet to a duo with a few solo songs thrown in the mix. At various times, these numbers included fiddle, saxophone, trumpet, French horn,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Purity Ring at Public Assembly in 2012 (more by Ryan Muir) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Tallest Man On Earth, Hiss Golden Messenger @ Music... more info