Stereogum — Near the beginning of the year, the spectral folk singer Marissa Nadler released a soft glow of an album called July. Today, she’s hitting us with Before July, a digital-only EP that includes four demos — two July songs and two unreleased songs. ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Marissa Nadler has no upcoming tour dates at the moment, but she just finished a tour and was in NYC to play CMJ showcases for two labels: Sacred Bones at Trans Pecos and Bella Union at Le Poisson Rouge.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Sea Oleena is set to release a new album, Shallow, on September 30 via Lefse and she's just put out a new single from it, "Paths." The song's not unlike the dream folk of Marissa Nadler but... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Last week we mentioned in passing that Dream Police, another project of The Men's Mark Perro and Nick Chiericozzi, will be playing a David Lynch Foundation benefit in NYC with Earth and Cult of Youth, and now... more info

Slowcoustic — Sufjan Stevens, Father John Misty, Phosphorescent and Kathleen Edwards get the cover treatment on today's cover post. more info

Stereogum — Spectral folk singer Marissa Nadler is quite vocal about her love of Leonard Cohen. She’s covered a few of his songs before, and now she’s added her favorite Cohen song, “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy,” to that list. It’s a pretty straightforwar... more info

Stereogum — Marissa Nadler’s latest album is called July, and wouldn’t you know it, July starts today. Just in time for Independence Day — and for the North American tour that begins next week — Nadler has delivered a video for “Firecrackers,” an eer... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Marissa Nadler is one of the artists we're looking forward to catching this week at Northside -- she plays Pitchfork's showcase at Saint Vitus on Saturday (6/14) with Pharmakon, Youth Code, Pyrrhon, and Couch Slut (tickets). She'll be touring... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Janelle Monae at The Apollo in 2013 (more by Luis Ruiz) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Janelle Monae @ Prospect Park Bandshell (FREE) The 2014 season of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hop Along at House of Vans in 2013 (more by Maclyn Bean) Brooklyn's Northside Festival is happening from June 12-15, and like last year, Pitchfork will put on two showcases, both at Saint Vitus. The first on June 13 features... more info