Nialler9 — Body&Soul have revealed first acts for the Summer Solstice music, arts and culture festival in Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath from June 17 – 19th: The lineup is, so far: Mercury Rev Santigold Wolf Parade Sun Kil Moon Floating Points (Live) Badba... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Mercury Rev at at LPR in October (more by Greg Cristman) Butler, Bernstein, and the Hot 9's third-annual Gotham Holiday Swing event is going down once again on December 18 at Town Hall, celebrating "the holiday season with a... more info

Stereogum — SXSW is basically just one long, cold winter away, and the festival has just announced the second round of artists who will be converging on Austin in March. The list includes Thee Oh Sees, White Lung, Mercury Rev, Diarrhea Planet, PWR BTTM, Autre Ne... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — William Boyd examined the fiction of John Le Carre at the New Statesman. Fresh Air interviewed singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. The Los Angeles Times interviewed author Eileen Myles. Mercury Rev's Jonathan Donahue discussed his favorite albums at The Q... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman Mercury Rev @ LPR 10/15/2015 Mercury Rev played Bella Union's official CMJ showcase on Thursdsay (10/15) at Le Poisson Rouge, part of their short tour. Though the band just released their first album in seven years, The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Dungen @ T5, 2010 (more by Andrew Saint Clair) Because of CMJ, we're doing 'What's Going On' slightly different this week. Each day there's a handful of day shows which are listed first, followed by the night shows. With... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Villagers at Union Pool in March (more by Amanda Hatfield) Villagers, who were last on this side of the Atlantic around SXSW, have announced that they'll be joining John Grant on some of his North American tour dates this... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — If you missed out on the BV presale, tickets for the Sufjan Stevens show in Jersey City on Halloween go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets to The Zombies 'Odessey & Oracle' show at The Concert Hall at New... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mercury Rev's new album, The Light in You, will be out September 18 via Bella Union and if you haven't checked out first single "The Queen of Swans" you can stream it below. The band will be playing their... more info

Nialler9 — Mercury Rev, SOAK, Lucy Rose, Arca, Braids, JME + Aurora are among the names added to Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavík in November. The line-up already includes Björk, John Grant, Beach House, Father John Misty, Battles, and loads more. 46 bands were ... more info