Brooklyn Vegan — Listen to Shannon & the Clams and Holy Wave offer psychedelic covers for the 'Pet Sounds' tribute, and M. Ward take on the peppier "You're So Good To Me." Continue reading… more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Independent interviewed author Karl Ove Knausgaard. NPR Music is streaming M Ward's new album More Rain. The Honest Ulsterman interviewed poet Sarah Howe. Salon interviewed singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen. Creative Loafing Tampa recommended souther... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Mavis Staples @ Farm Aid 2015 (more by James Richards IV) Soul great Mavis Staples' new album is titled Livin' on a High Note and will be out February 19 via Anti. It was produced by M. Ward (you... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis M. Ward will release More Rain, his first solo album in four years, via Merge on March 4. (He also stays busy with She & Him and Monsters of Folk.) The title is a reference to his... more info

Stereogum — Before launching high-profile collaborations She & Him (with Zooey Deschanel) and Monsters Of Folk (with Conor Oberst, Jim James, and Mike Mogis), Matthew Steven “M.” Ward stayed cranking out drowsy, dignified folk-rock LPs with retro sensibility... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to the Life on Agony show with Walls of Jerico show at Starland Ballroom go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets to the just-added second Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins and M. Ward show at the Beacon Theatre... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins recently announced that they're celebrating the 10th anniversary of Rabbit Fur Coat on a short 2016 tour with M. Ward. The tour already included a NYC show on February 3 at Beacon Theatre,... more info

Stereogum — Kyle Fields can make his voice sound like a hound dog, and for that alone, he should be lauded. The man behind Little Wings has assumed a legendary status, even among his eclectic country-leaning Woodsist peers, for his determination to remain seclud... more info

Stereogum — Brian Wilson may have never heard of punk — though he sure did inspire a lot of them — but he has heard of She & Him, the duo who served as one of Wilson’s many collaborators on his latest solo album, No Pier Pressure. The video shows off Zooey... more info

Stereogum — San Francisco-based musician, former For Stars frontman, and frequent M. Ward collaborator Carlos Forster has a day job as a licensed psychotherapist. This makes total sense: “You’ll Survive,” the new single from his second solo effort Disaster... more info