Pitchfork — MP3: Major Organ and the Adding Machine: "Life Forms (Transmission Received)" Last year, we reported that Major Organ and the Adding Machine, a mysterious low-budget movie starring the Elephant 6 collective, would finally get a long-awaited D... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Neutral Uke Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 (MP3) Singer & guitarist/ukuleleist Shawn Fogel of the band Golden Bloom is Neutral Uke Hotel, a ukulele-based project that covers Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over the Sea... more info

The CatBirdSeat — MP3:Mathew Sawyer & the Ghosts – “Mynah Bird’s Call” Catbird Records alumnus Mathew Sawyer (& the Ghosts) just recently signed to Fire Records (home to too many legendary artists to mention– okay, I’ll name a few: The Pastels, Television ... more info

Guardian Music — The sharpest tool in the box can also cut it as an instrument of spectral, shivering beautyWhat is it? Those big metal things with teeth you use to carve up wood? Add a violin bow and an ear for pitch and you can make farm tools sing.Who uses it? The... more info

Guardian Music — The Antlers keep being told that their new concept album, about a dying woman, is a life-changer. But how much of an ordeal did they go through themselvesThe Hanbury Ballroom in Brighton was built in 1892 as a mausoleum for the Sassoon family. There... more info

DrownedInSound — Jeff Mangum solo shows are rare things. Some people might say that he's a strange fellow. But it's good to see him doing his thing, as he did last night over in Manhattan, playing a benefit show for Chris Knox, who also happens to be Mangum's mate. ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Last night at Le Poisson Rouge in downtown Manhattan, Neutral Milk Hotel main man Jeff Mangum made a supremely rare appearance at a tribute benefit concert for ailing New Zealand punk originator Chris Knox. According to OneThirtyBPM, he played five N... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Will Westbrook Last night at Le Poisson Rouge in downtown Manhattan, Neutral Milk Hotel main man Jeff Mangum made a supremely rare appearance at a tribute benefit concert for ailing New Zealand punk originator Chris Knox. According to OneThi... more info

Rolling Stone — Devendra Banhart has had to cancel the remaining handful of shows on his current tour after breaking his leg in a skateboarding accident. “I wanted to play the shows anyway like in a bed or something but the dr’s didn’t think that was a great i... more info

Pitchfork — On May 6, downtown Manhattan's Le Poisson Rouge will host a benefit show for New Zealand punk originator Chris Knox, who suffered a series of strokes last year. The big news: Reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel leader Jeff Mangum will make an extremely rare... more info