LargeHeartedBoy — Speakeasy interviewed Joe Hale, who translates classic literature into emoji. Joanna Newsom talked to Exclaim! about her new album Divers. 15 year-end "best books of 2015" lists were added to the Largehearted Boy master aggregation yesterday (bringin... more info

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom is appearing on an episode of Larry King’s online show Larry King Now that’ll air 12/14. As Pitchfork points out, King has just shared a little preview in the form of an Instagram clip of Newsom teaching him how to play the harp. Sh... more info

Stereogum — “Wood nymph.” “Teething infant.” A “faerie [who has] a squeaky voice that sounds like it’s been stepped on.” These are but a few of the ways journalists and other content curmudgeons have characterized the songwriter and multi-instrumen... more info

Stereogum — AURORA’s “Half The World Away” cover turns an Oasis song into a wistful piano ditty with a constellation of quality influences. The track strikes me as noirish Lana Del Rey torch song performed with Tobias Jesso Jr.’s doe-eyed innocence and a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Miss Guy of Toilet Boys with Peaches at Irving (via @missguynyc) Toilet Boys are playing a show with The Sweet Things and Battletorn at Saint Vitus on February 13. Tickets are available now. Toilet Boys' singer Miss Guy's fellow drag... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to Joanna Newsom's show at the Apollo go on AmEx presale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the just-added second Kelela show at Music Hall of Williamsburg (12/1). Tickets for her 12/2 MHOW show are still available (same... more info

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom is not exactly the kind of artist who shows up on your television very often — at least, not unless you’ve got the Inherent Vice DVD in constant rotation, which I would understand. But as Consequence Of Sound points out, Newsom show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Joanna Newsom's upcoming tour with Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi hits Brooklyn's Kings Theatre on December 10. Tickets are still available, though Ticketmaster says there are "not many left." Newsom has added a second Kings Theatre show on December.... more info

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom just released her beautiful new album Divers last week, and she and her harp just launched a tour in support of the album. She debuted some Divers songs — like “Sapokanikan,” “Divers,” “Leaving The City,” and “The Things... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bret Easton Ellis interviewed author Mark Danielewski. Rookie Magazine interviewed Joanna Newsom about her new album Divers. The Globe and Mail interviewed Chrissie Hynde about her memoir Reckless. A.E. Hotchner talked to All Things Considered about ... more info