AOL Music — More than four decades ago, Melvin Lane Powers was acquitted of murdering his aunt's multimillionaire husband in a sensational case that included allegations of an incestuous affair. Two weeks ago, Powers was himself found dead. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield "I had never seen Deerhunter or even heard one of their records but I really enjoyed their powerful but dreamy and spacious sounds. Half of Williamsburg made the L train trek over to the island for... more info

L.A. Times - News — The state will lease back the buildings, two of which are in downtown Los Angeles, for at least 20 years. Hines and Antarctica Capital Real Estate are the buyers.California officials accepted a winning bid Monday of $2.33 billion to sell 24 state off... more info

People.com — The Real Housewives of NYC star discusses this week's episode of The Real Housewives of DC more info

Stereogum — These GBV covers by BTW Real Estate’s frontman appear on Guided By Guided By Voices, a cassette compilation out via Wild Animal Kingdom. In the spirit of a Robert Pollard collage, he opted to pair songs from different albums (Bee Thousand and Alien... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Phish parking lot (more by Ryan Barkan) "Vampire Weekend's Tomson is upfront about his jam band days but protects the identities of others. "I don't want to out anybody," he says. But [Real Estate's Alex] Bleeker sees greater acceptance on... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mike-floyd said... ... some more weird dark experimental new folk from "There" by: - RICHARD THERE: Who touched my bones (EP) (mp3-zip, 5 tracks, 13 min, 19,4 MB) and - RICHARD THERE: OK, I'll do all that again (Compilation album) (includes the EP ab... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Real Estate member Matt Mondanile's laid-back pop project, Ducktails, has a new 7" coming out on Olde English Spelling Bee (that's the mountainous cover art above). This tune is the B-side to that particular release; its title is a reference to Seinf... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Real Estate are back with a pretty fantastic new single called “Out Of Tune” that you can hear now. The 7″, backed by b-side “Resevoir’” will be out on True Panther on October 12th. “Out Of Tune” is a shining song with a killer melody... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — It's been a minute since we've heard any new recorded material from New Jersey suburban rockers Real Estate. Well, that minute's up: the band has a new 7", Out of Tune, out October 12 via True Panther. The release was recorded by Jarvis Taverniere of... more info