Stereogum — Sharon Van Etten will release a new EP called I Don’t Want To Let You Down this June. Among the many collaborators are the War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel and Dave Hartley, Megafaun’s Brad Cook, and Ben Folds Five’s Darren Jessee (who joined Va... more info

Stereogum — Break out the Justin Vernon family tree! Aero Flynn is the project of Josh Scott, a musician whose old band Amateur Love shared members with Vernon’s old band, DeYarmond Edison, more than a decade ago. (Specifically, the two bands shared future Meg... more info

Stereogum — Sylvan Esso, the duo of Mountain Man’s Amelia Meath and Megafaun’s Nick Sanborn, make such a cozy, welcoming, folky kind of electronic pop music that it’s almost impossible to imagine being creeped out by listening. But that’s what some of th... more info

Stereogum — There’s a lot to be excited about with Lateness Of Dancers, the fifth and newest release (and Merge debut) from Hiss Golden Messenger, aka M.C. Taylor and his constantly shifting lineup. That lineup is bigger than ever here, and features William Ty... more info

Stereogum — A little while ago, Amealia Meath, of the Vermont folk harmonizers Mountain Man, and Nick Sanborn, of the rootsy North Carolina psychedelic rockers Megafaun, teamed up to form the duo Sylvan Esso, and their self-titled debut together is an absolutely... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bon Iver's Justin Vernon w/ Megafaun (more by Amanda Hatfield) As previously discussed, Zach Braff is releasing Wish I Was Here, his directorial followup to Garden State, and including new material from Bon Iver, The Shins, Cat Power (written by... more info

Stereogum — Long-running North Carolina indie-rock duo the Rosebuds are gearing up to release Sand + Silence, their sixth LP and first for Western Vinyl. Former Carolina resident Justin Vernon was involved in its making, as was Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso and Me... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Justin Vernon & Megafaun @ Baby's All Right - 5/2/14 Megafaun went on what they said will be their last (and very brief) tour for a while last week, hitting their hometown of Durham, NC for... more info

Stereogum — Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, the two members of Sylvan Esso, both keep things rootsy with their other bands — Meath with Vermont folk harmonizers Mountain Man, Sanborn with North Carolina Southern-psych veterans Megafaun. As Sylvan Esso, though, ... more info

Stereogum — Lately, Justin Vernon has been playing a few random shows with the North Carolina band Megafaun, his friends and former DeYarmomd Edison bandmates. They played a secret show in Durham together, and then Vernon joined them for a Johnny Cash cover in D... more info