Stereogum — Last weekend at Soldier Field in Chicago, the Grateful Dead played a series of farewell shows with Phish frontman Trey Anastasio standing in for the late Jerry Garcia. Alex Bleeker, who has covered the Dead with his bands Real Estate and the Freaks, ... more info

Stereogum — Real Estate guitarist Matt Mondanile is set to release his fifth solo LP as Ducktails in a few weeks. We’ve already heard a couple of very good and reliably chilled-out songs from the upcoming St. Catherine, “Headbanging In The Mirror” and “S... more info

TMZ — Reba McEntire's Bev Hills mansion is so sweet the thing sold itself -- 'cause she just got 8-figures for it without even putting one of those ugly "For Sale" signs out front.  According to our sources, McEntire pocket listed the 13,000 sq. foot… ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2015 edition of Wilco's Solid Sound Festival happens June 26-28 at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, with performances from Real Estate, King Sunny Ade, Mac Demarco, Bill Frisell, Parquet Courts, Shabazz Palaces, Jessica Pratt, Wilco thems... more info

Stereogum — Minneapolis’ Hippo Campus came onto the scene last fall with their debut EP Bashful Creatures, garnering comparisons to Vampire Weekend with their lack of guitar effects and vocalist Jake Luppen’s Koenig-esque yelping. With gigs opening for My Mo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Belle & Sebastian / with dancers / Real Estate @ Radio City Music Hall 6/10/2014 Belle & Sebastian finally brought their Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance tour to NYC (the album came out in January),... more info

Stereogum — Day Wave sucked me in immediately with “Drag,” a shy track that spins through loneliness on a roller coaster of deceptively bright fuzz-pop. Listening to the music that Jackson Phillips makes as Day Wave is like getting all of Motion City Soundtr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Belle & Sebatian in Austin in 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Belle & Sebastian, Real Estate @ Radio City Music... more info

Stereogum — Ducktails is Matt Mondanile’s reliably great solo project, and when he’s not playing guitar for New Jersey languid psych-rockers Real Estate, he finds the time to produce his own woozy psych-pop. From the initial song we’ve heard off his new al... more info

Stereogum — Oscar Scheller’s laptop-pop is quickly becoming one of London’s finest exports. He shared the Beautiful Words EP’s title track a few weeks ago, and today we get to hear “Stay.” It’s a jangly bit of melancholy pleading that swirls with loo... more info