LargeHeartedBoy — The Times Literary Supplement interviewed Ursula K. Le Guin. Stereogum reconsidered LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver album 10 years after its release. Granta shared an excerpt from Mohsin Hamid's novel Exit West. All Songs Considered reconsidered El... more info

Stereogum — Can we talk about "All My Friends" for a minute -- or, I don't know, seven minutes and 42 seconds? I saw LCD Soundsystem in concert a couple times last year, and let me tell you, that song is beloved. Is there a more beloved song among indie rock dud... more info

Stereogum — A few weeks back, we learned that LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange would be headlining Pitchfork Music Festival 2017, and today they’ve revealed the rest of the lineup. The bill includes Dirty Projectors, Danny Brown, PJ Harvey, t... more info

Consequence of Sound — This is a story about being young, remembering and forgetting, and searching for a lost New York. more info

Sweeping The Nation — At the time, 2002 was portrayed as a nadir for popular music. Alongside Westlife's peak of popularity, a decline in British interest in the Billboard Hot 100 and much hand-wringing about the effect of filesharing as the pop charts turned fifty ye... more info

Stereogum — The Juan MacLean has returned. The disco-house project of DFA mainstay John MacLean, also featuring erstwhile LCD Soundsystem member Nancy Whang, has just shared "Can You Ever Really Know Somebody," an effortlessly pulsing dance single that comes wit... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Pitchfork festival organizers were hoping to announce some of their headliners today via a mural by Chicago artist Shelby Rodeffer today as it was being painted on the door of the Soho House. However, the news apparently broke ahead of schedule, anno... more info

Consequence of Sound — Indie festival returns to Chicago this July. more info

Chicago Tribune — LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest and Solange will headline the Pitchfork Music Festival this summer in Union Park. LCD Soundsytem, which is working on its first studio album since 2010, will kick off Pitchfork on July 14, the festival announced ... more info

Stereogum — Pitchfork Music Festival's Chicago iteration revealed its 2017 headliners today in a lengthy Facebook Live event that involved Chicago artist Shelby Rodeffer painting a mural promoting the festival in real time. However, before Rodeffer got around to... more info