Brooklyn Vegan — Seattle's 2015 Bumbershoot Festival will happen on Labor Day Weekend (September 5-7). This year's lineup includes Faith No More, The Weeknd, Brand New, Social Distortion, Flying Lotus, Babes in Toyland, The Melvins, Neko Case, Minus the Bear, Chance ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Best Coast @ Burger A-Go-Go, 2014 (more by Debi Del Grande) The Northside Festival announced their initial 2015 lineup earlier this week, which included shows with Best Coast, Built to Spill, Run the Jewels, Neko Case and more. Those... more info

Stereogum — Chicago’s Bloodshot Records is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with the release of a compilation album that features bands covering songs by some of the artists that have been on the label’s roster, which includes Ryan Adams, Neko Case... more info

Stereogum — On the Adult Swim cartoon Squidbillies, a different artist covers the theme song every week (kinda like how Weeds did back in the day). So far, we’ve posted about Neko Case and Lampchop versions of the theme, and now Berlin soul-garage group King K... more info

Stereogum — For this season of Squidbillies, the Adult Swim cartoon about yokel squids, a different artist will sing the theme song of every episode. King Khan And The Shrines, Dwight Yoakam, and Todd Rundgren are all on tap for the rest of the season, but for t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Arielle Gordon Neko Case surrounded by comedy admirers at '13 Mirman fest (more by David Andrako) What do Ira Glass, Michael Ian Black, Mike Birbiglia, and Neko Case have in common? They all made an appearance at last year's... more info

Stereogum — On “These Aren’t The Droids,” a song from the comedy-and-music benefit compilation 2776, Neko Case and her longtime collaborator Kelly Hogan lamented the idea that dorked-out dudes are going to decide what the future is. And the brand-new video... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Read a new Haruki Murakami short story at the New Yorker. Singer-songwriter Neko Case talked music festivals and style with the New York Times. Compound Interest explained the chemistry behind the smell of both old and new books. The Rumpus... more info

KEXP Seattle — It’s been four long years, but Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers have announced a new album, Brill Bruisers, out August 26th. The line-up will yet again feature A.C. Newman, Blaine Thurier, Dan Bejar, John Collins, Kathryn Calder, Kurt Dahl... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday, Neko Case’s band, the New Pornographers, announced their new album, Brill Bruisers, and shared its fantastically catchy title track. That coincides with a recent interview Case did with The New York Times, in which the singer-songwriter ... more info