Brooklyn Vegan — Australian band Pond (featuring a couple members/ex-members of Tame Impala) are set to release a new album, Man, It Feels Like Space Again, later this year. There've been no real details beyond the title, but the band are set... more info

The Telegraph — Henry Thoreau's retreat to Walden Pond continues to influence US culture even today, says Nicholas Blincoe more info

NME — The Horrors, Temples and Pond also play the final day of the London event more info

Brooklyn Vegan — You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Floor, Hot Victory, Darsombra, Godmaker @ Saint Vitus Sludge pop vets Floor are currently reunited and back with a new album,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, George Pelecanos, Dana Spiotta, Amy ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Read a new Zadie Smith short story at the Paris Review. The Quietus interviewed Courtney Love. USA Today and Flavorwire interviewed Mimi Pond about her new graphic novel memoir, Over Easy. Pond also talked to the Hollywood Reporter about the... more info

Pop Candy — The artist talks about working at a diner, writing 'The Simpsons' and more. more info

L.A. Times - News — The manager gives Margaret some sound advice. (Mimi Pond / Drawn & Quarterly) In 1978, twentysomething artist Mimi Pond dropped out of art school and worked in an Oakland greasy spoon, serving punk rockers, hippies and the occasional prostitute... more info

The Daily Mail — The 26-year-old actress, who shot to fame playing Matt Smith's faithful time-travel companion Amy Pond in Doctor who, was a million miles away from the BBC family show as she attended the Hollywood premiere of her new movie on Thursday. Matt joined h... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Psych rock lifers Bardo Pond go back to the beginning with Refulgo, a double LP of previously hard to come by recordings from the mid 1990s. Though essentially an odds-n-sods compilation, the release works just fine as a cohesive whole, thanks to the... more info