Stereogum — It’s been an exciting week for highly-anticipated new music. Joanna Newsom announced her next album and released an impeccable single, then Majical Cloudz presented the first song off of Are You Alone?. Just yesterday, FKA Twigs dropped her monstro... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ta-Nehisi Coates talked books and reading with the New York Times. Stream a new Joanna Newsom song. The Fader recommended books you should read before the end of the summer. The Stranger reconsidered two albums on their 40th anniversary, Miles... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In the video for Joanna Newsom's first new work in five years, "Sapokanikan," the harpist-pianist-singer-composer-actor strolls through Manhattan in long takes while singing kaleidoscopic lyrics. Around her the city sparkles. As she moves, Newsom sta... more info

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Stereogum — I once compared Låpsley to Adele crossed with the xx, and those elements are still present on “Burn,” the B-side from her upcoming “Hurt Me” single. But as long as we’re playing musical multiplication, how’s Joanna Newsom x Thom Yorke si... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Joanna Newsom at Carnegie Hall in 2010 (more by Chris La Putt) Joanna Newsom's 2010 album, Have One On Me, is still one of the very best albums of this decade so far, and its followup... more info

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom back! It’s been five years since Newsom released the stunning triple album Have One On Me, and this morning, we’ve finally got news that she’s got a new double LP called Divers coming out this fall. And she’s also shared the vid... more info

Stereogum — Tori Amos and Joanna Newsom aren’t the only badass harp-wielding ladies in the business anymore. Welcome Emilie & Ogden — Emilie being singer, songwriter, and harp player Emilie Kahn, Ogden being her trusty harp. Kahn’s debut record, 10,000, is... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Summer, 2004—a hotel room after dark. Joanna Newsom weaves a plastic ribbon between the strings of her harp. She flicks a few chords that, muted as they are, sound like they’re coming from an 8-bit processor and not an instrument of the Baroque e... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Chances are Jim O’Rourke’s name is somewhere in your record collection. As a musician and producer, he’s worked with some of the most important artists and bands of the last three decades: Sonic Youth, Wilco, Bill Callahan, Stereolab, Joanna Ne... more info