Brooklyn Vegan — The short list for the 2014 Polaris Music Price, Canada's annual award for a great album, has been announced. It includes Arcade Fire, Drake, Mac DeMarco, Chromeo, Owen Pallett, Tim Hecker, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Timber Timbre, Tanya Tagaq,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Avi Buffalo are back after a four-year absence and will release their new album, At Best Cuckold, via Sub Pop on September 9. If you haven't checked out lead track "So What" you can stream it below.... more info

Stereogum — Foxes In Fiction, aka Orchid Tapes label head Warren Hildebrand, is about to release a new album called Ontario Gothic. The record is about Hildebrand put his life back together after his brother’s death in 2008. Owen Pallett contributed violin par... more info

XLR8R — Earlier this year, Owen Pallett released In Conflict, the Canadian artist's latest full-length effort for Domino. Now, Pallett has gathered a number of remixes for album cut "Song For Five & Six," enlisting late footwork pioneer DJ Rashad—alon... more info

Stereogum — We’ve been learning a lot about the music theory behind pop music lately, most prominently in Owen Pallett’s ongoing essay series. But another place to learn about the nuts and bolts of your favorite songs is NPR’s ongoing series Rhythm Section... more info

Stereogum — One of the things Owen Pallett mentioned when we spoke with him about his great new In Conflict is that he doesn’t want to make a habit of breaking down the music theory behind pop hits as he did for Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” Daft Punk’... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Tablet reviewed two recently published biographical sketches of J.D. Salinger, J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist, by Thomas Beller, and My Salinger Year, by Joanna Rakoff. Owen Pallett listed his favorite albums at The Quietus. Salon interviewed autho... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Rivka Galchen talked to the National Post about her new short story collection American Innovations. All Things Considered interviewed Owen Pallett about his new album, In Conflict. Pallett broke down the album track-by-track for SPIN. Author George ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Sharon Van Etten's Are We There is by far my favorite new music this week. Babes' self-titled EP, Ben Frost's A U R O R A, and Owen Pallett's soundtrack for the film In Conflict are other new releases... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Vox Tablet interviewed Joshua Ferris about his new novel To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. NPR Music is streaming Owen Pallett's new album In Conflict. The Honest Ulsterman interviewed author Eimear McBride. The Guardian profiled Kathleen Hanna. China ... more info