Said the Gramophone — Sister Suvi - "Golden". Spent some of yesterday with Merrill Garbus, the woman who is Tune-Yards and one third of Sister Suvi. We took our bikes to the quarry, threw on our walkmen, went down deep. In the gloom we listened to Billy Joel, Pavement, ... more info

JamBase — Mark Kozelek to Release New Live Album Mark Kozelek: Lost Verses - Live - Release Date May 12 - Pre-Order April 1 Digital album available May 1 Mark Kozelek Live performances by Mark Kozelek are usually hushed affairs. Concert halls can seem like... more info

Pitchfork — The freak-folk scene is all about showing love to its unappreciated ancestors. Up until recently, the Connecticut songwriter Kath Bloom was probably better-known for landing a song on the Before Sunrise soundtrack than for a career that spans more ... more info

Pitchfork — The freak-folk scene is all about showing love to its unappreciated ancestors. Up until recently, the Connecticut songwriter Kath Bloom was probably better-known for landing a song on the Before Sunrise soundtrack than for a career that spans more ... more info

Stereogum — Banhart kissed his beard goodbye, but the gender-bending/open-ended sexuality remains on "Forget About Him," his contribution to the Kath Bloom tribute CD Loving Takes This Course. The 16-song collection also includes Bill Callahan, Mark Kozelek, ... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook First off, it's always swell when no one in a band is named the same as their band; I call this a "Jacob Fred" for short. Secondly, having a "band" that consists of one multi-tasking dude and one other guy BUT still giving that "b... more info

5 Acts — Sun Kil Moon - April ...a beautiful record. It seems that it is impossible for Mark Kozelek to write a bad song.It's A Musical - The Music Makes Me Sick"Electric Feel" by MGMT is one of my favourite songs of the year... purely because it reminds me o... more info

My Old Kentucky — We were pretty stoked that our friends at Standard Recording Co. put out Of Great & Mortal Men : 48 Songs For 48 Presidencies, the project from Matthew Gerken, Christen Kiefer and Jefferson Pitcher. (Previous MOKB post)Gerken, Kiefer and Pitcher have... more info

Paste Magazine — Damien Echols. Jason Baldwin. Jessie Misskelley, Jr. Together they're known as the West Memphis Three , a trio of Arkansas men convicted in 1994 for murdering and sexually mutilating three elementary school boys. Echols, the eldest, was sentenced to... more info

Pitchfork — Mark Kozelek, it would seem, is a man with a heart of gold and a surplus of sweet swag lying about. How else to explain the Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters master-melancholic's participation in yet another charity auction, his second this year?July f... more info