Brooklyn Vegan — Sun Kil Moon has announced his proper solo follow-up to last year's Universal Themes (he released his collaborative album with Jesu earlier this year, as well as the covers album Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites). The new LP has the wordy title Comm... more info

Stereogum — Say what you will about Mark Kozelek, but you can’t knock the dude’s work ethic. He’s been dropping new material with the frequency of peak Pollard, including two new albums in the first half of 2016 alone: Jesu / Sun Kil Moon in January, and M... more info

Stereogum — Mark Kozelek often has a, shall we say, contentious relationship with music festivals. But he seems to be a fan of Denmark’s Heartland Festival, where Sun Kil Moon performed last Friday. Although he doesn’t usually allow cameras at shows, Kozelek... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Mark Kozelek's covers album Sings Favorites is my favorite new album this week. Other new releases I can recommend include Big Thief's Masterpiece, The Hotelier's Goodness, Summer Cannibals's Full of It. Archival releases include the 3-LP live David ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The New Yorker features new nonfiction by Jonathan Franzen. Stream Mark Kozelek's new covers album Sings Favorites at his website. May is Largehearted Boy's first fundraising month. All donations will go toward creating new features, crafting a bette... more info

Consequence of Sound — Covers of Bob Seger, Modest Mouse, and Judy Garland with Mike Patton, Will Oldham, and Minnie Driver. more info

Stereogum — Mark Kozelek is gearing up for the release of Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites, a piano covers album featuring backing vocals from people like Faith No More’s Mike Patton, Minnie Driver, Low’s Mimi Parker, Will Oldham, and Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell... more info

Stereogum — Mark Kozelek is gearing up to release a covers album, Mark Kozelek Sings Favorites, in a few weeks. So far, we’ve heard his take on Frank and Nancy Sinatra’s “Something Stupid” and Waylon Jennings’ “Amanda,” and today he’s sharing a c... more info

Stereogum — When English shoegaze legends Slowdive reunited in 2014, it marked Rachel Goswell’s first live performances since a viral ear infection called labyrinthitis sidelined her from Slowdive offshoot Mojave 3 in 2006. Her return to the stage was exhilara... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — In the "Largehearted Boy Cross-Media Cultural Exchange Program" series (thanks to Jami Attenberg for the title), authors interview musicians (and vice versa). Paula Bomer is an author, her most recent book is the short story collection Inside Madelei... more info