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

Stereogum — Mark Kozelek’s covers album Sings Favorites is set to stream 5/15 at sunkilmoon.com, but in the meantime the Sun Kil Moon leader is offering up a preview. The album includes a minimal, piano-backed duet with Minnie Driver on the Frank and Nancy Sin... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Edna O'Brien's new novel The Little Red Chairs (one of my favorite books of the year). Stream Mark Kozelek's cover of Waylon Jennings' "Amanda." eBooks on sale for $1.99 today: Emma Donoghue's Landing Kurt... more info

Stereogum — California Sunday Magazine and Mailchimps’ Q&A series “The Thread” has been going all year, facilitating conversations between artists like Ben Gibbard & Mark Kozelek, Father John Misty & John C. Reilly, and Bethany Cosentino & Molly Ringwald. ... more info

Stereogum — On Tuesday night, Mark Kozelek played a show in Lincoln, Nebraska to under 25 people, The Daily Nebraskan reports, who reviewed the concert as “more like a friendly house party than a show, with Kozelek as the crowd’s host and primary entertainer... more info

Stereogum — The Office’s Rainn Wilson is currently on a book tour in support of his recently published memoir The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy. Last night at The Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, CA, the actor and comedian sat down for a conver... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sun Kil Moon & Jesu recently shared "America's Most Wanted Mark Kozelek & John Dillinger" from their upcoming collaborative album and now they revealed another, the nine-minute and 45-second "Exodus." It's about Nick Cave and other parents who lost..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sun Kil Moon & Jesu Sun Kil Moon (Mark Kozelek) and Jesu (Justin Broadrick) recently released "America's Most Wanted Mark Kozelek & John Dillinger" off their upcoming collaborative album, and now they've announced some shows together. Their only date... more info

Stereogum — Mark Kozelek just released a new EP, Down In The Willow Garden, for free with any purchase over on his Caldo Verde Records website. Along with a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Sick Again,” which we heard back in February, the EP contains a song calle... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — A couple years ago, Mark Kozelek covered Godflesh's "Like Rats", and he's since teamed up with that band's frontman Justin Broadrick to release a collaborative album under their respective Sun Kil Moon and Jesu monikers. The album is simply... more info