Brooklyn Vegan — Emily Wells "The best musical news of the year is that Emily Wells moved to the East Village. On the east side of Tompkins Park, 9th Street is quite and peaceful, and that's where she moved. At least I imagine... more info

Altsounds — Sarah Kirkland Snider reveals the debut video for "The Lotus Eaters," from her widely-acclaimed new release Penelope (out now on New Amsterdam Records), starring the album's vocalist Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond. Shot at the East Point L... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — My Brightest Diamond @ LPR in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook returns in January for its thirteenth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song. For 16 nights of pop, folk, cabaret, ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Eirik Lande Memorial Day weekend is here in just a few hours, which means summer unofficially starts right about now. Among many other awesome things, that means we're now heading straight into summer festival season. If you've got the t... more info

Pitchfork — -- The cooler-than-you husband/wife team of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson are curating the Vivid Live Festival, which comes to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia May 27 - June 21. The program includes Reed's Metal Machine Trio and Anderson's ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano this post concludes our Big Ears 2010 Festival coverage. links to the first two posts are also below... "When people ask what my favorite place to play is, I tell them about this place. It's like playing... more info

Pitchfork — -- Szampler, the new cassette-only release from Fennesz, collects samples from Christian Fennesz's old samplers, which he used in his work from 1989 to 1996. Szampler is out now on the new cassette-only label the Tapeworm, and it's limited to 500 cop... more info

Pitchfork — As many folks know, the website Daytrotter is a go-to destination for live recordings from favorite bands. Daytrotter tapes live sessions at their studios in Rock Island, Illinois and posts the results for free download and streaming online. But now,... more info

3hive — Inlets' first full-length album has been over three years in the making, and now fans can finally hear why it took so long. Sebastian Krueger is back with a lush slice of pastoral pop called "Bright Orange Air", a teaser from the forthcoming Inter Ar... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Clogs is the side project of the National's Bryce Dessner and Australian composer Padma Newsome and they've got a new record coming out tomorrow called The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton. "On the Edge", a track from the record we posted a lit... more info