Stereogum — In Whiteout Conditions , the New Pornographers have one of their best albums in years and one of the best of this year. They proved it yet again with an appearance on Colbert, where they played the album's title track with Neko Case in tow. Watch be... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — They saved some of the best for last: Ryan Adams, The Black Angels, Hamilton Leithauser, Gary Clark Jr, Cheetah Chrome, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Kevin Morby, !!! (chk chk chk), Lift to Experience, Lil Yachty, Neko Case, Talib Kwel... more info

Consequence of Sound — Real Estate, Julie Byrne, M. Ward, Tame Impala's Cameron Avery and more will perform over two days in Austin. more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, A.C. Newman shares a playlist of fave tracks including Run the Jewels, Beck, and Angel Olsen. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It's the second single from 'Whiteout Conditions' and Neko Case sings lead on this one. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — "This Is The World Of The Theatre" is a pretty classic New Pornographers song title, and now it's an actual New Pornographers song that's out in the world. While lead single "High Ticket Attractions" was a Carl Newman joint, this one finds Neko Case ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — They're recreating the Double R Diner, complete with damn fine coffee, pie and doughnuts. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — For months, protesters at North Dakota’s Standing Rock Indian Reservation have been demonstrating against the planned Dakota Access pipeline and dealing with mind-boggling, disgraceful violence from the authorities who are trying to remove them. Th... more info

Stereogum — The Wilco-curated Solid Sound Festival will live to see another year. Organizers announced today that the event will return to MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA June 23-25 in 2017. The lineup will be announced soon, and past performers include Levon Helm,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Blow's Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne launched WOMANPRODUCER.com a while back, which is an internet archive of data on female and non-binary music producers." They'll be expanding the site's reach with a series of events this mon... more info