Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Drake @ Governors Ball (by laufik)"On June 5, day one of the three-day gathering -- the east coast's answer to Coachella -- many wondered whether [Drake] would shine during his headlining set, memories of his lukewarm California performances..... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton features the singer-songwriters lyrics put to music and sung by Sharon Van Etten, Lucinda Williams, Larkin Grimm, and others. Thee Oh Sees' Mutilator Defeated at Last and Zhala's self-titled album ... more info

Stereogum — It’s sometimes a little weird when ostensibly indie artists team up with brands to model clothes — take DIIV’s Zachary Cole Smith doing so for Yves Saint Laurent or the Smith Westerns for Gap — but something’s gotta pay the bills. The lates... more info

Stereogum — We had this list laid out last night, hours before Mark Kozelek dropped a new track off the upcoming Sun Kil Moon record, Universal Themes. No surprise: It was — and is — a very good song. So we had to reassess and reorganize. Sharon Van Etten’... more info

Stereogum — How many albums full of songs sung by Karen Dalton exist? Not many, technically, yet relics and stories from the folk singer’s short life keep emerging. For instance, they say Dalton hated being recorded and the existence of her 1969 album It’s S... more info

Stereogum — Up until a few months ago, the only thing I could’ve only told you one thing about Ellen DeGeneres’ musical tastes: She knows all the words to “Shoop.” Lately, though, DeGeneres has been bringing a ton of indie-rock heavy hitters — artists ... more info

Stereogum — Sharon Van Etten has a new EP called I Don’t Want To Let You Down coming out next month, and she debuted its title track on Ellen back in January. “Just Like Blood,” the second track on the EP and the second one she’s shared, is a slow-motion... more info

Stereogum — Acoustic and folk-leaning records never fully fell out of style, but it’s impossible to talk about the genre’s renewed prominence without acknowledging the role women have played in that renewal. It seems unlikely that folk would be faring as wel... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sharon Van Etten has a new EP titled I Don't Want to Let You Down that will be out June 9 via Jagjaguwar. It features four new songs and a live version of "Tell Me." You can stream the... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub, an expansive new online literary magazine, launched today. Read their interview with Lydia Davis. The New York Times also interviewed Davis. The compilation Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton features Lucinda Williams,... more info