Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Sun Kil Moon, the current project of Mark Kozelek (ex-Red House Painters), released his newest album, Benji, last month via Mark's own Caldo Verde Records. Recorded with Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Will Oldham (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy... more info

Mercury News, California — Real Estate, Mark Kozelek also among the best bets for the 2014 Noise Pop festival. more info

Topix — Mark Kozelek and his band Sun Kil Moon will perform Saturday as part of the Noise Pop Festival. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kurt Vile in Austin in 2013 (more by Glen Brown) There's already been three lineup announcements for SXSW 2014, and since we last spoke the music schedule was posted, which revealed more artist additions. Those additions include Sam Smith, Schoolboy.... more info

Stereogum — Mark Kozelek has now released three songs from the forthcoming Sun Kil Moon LP Benji, and all three have found their way to their respective week’s 5 Best Songs: the brand new “I Watched The Film The Song Remains The Same” is in the upper half ... more info

Stereogum — Sun Kil Moon’s heartrendingly beautiful and strikingly personal album Benji is coming next month. The songs we’ve posted so far — “Richard Ramirez Died Today Of Natural Causes,” “Michelene,” and especially “Ben’s My Friend” — ha... more info

Consequence of Sound — Off a Christmas album due out next year. more info

Consequence of Sound — Taken from the forthcoming You Be My Heart compilation. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — !!!'s THR!!!ER, Daughter's If You Leave, The Melvins' covers album Everybody Loves Sausages, Ola Podrida's Ghosts Go Blind, and Mark Kozelek and Jimmy Lavalle's collaborative album Perils From the Sea are all new albums I can recommend this week.... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — John Denver died in a plane crash in 1997 — several years later the compilation Take Me Home: A Tribute To John Denver was released via Badman Recordings. Guiding the artist roster, the compilation sonically concentrated on the somber stylings of t... more info