Stereogum — Heather Woods Broderick is a gentle, vulnerable singer-songwriter who renders enormous topics into delicate, soulful psych-folk. She’s been touring with Sharon Van Etten as a backup singer for several years and has been a part of groups like Horse ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Gretchen Robinette and PSquared Ryan Adams / SBTRKT / Future Islands / Little Dragon @ GovBall 6/6/2015 Surrounded by everything from peppy indie pop to trippy electronica, singer-songwriters can often get the short end of the stick at... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Sharon Van Etten's I Don't Want To Let You Down EP has been streaming all week at my house, and is one of the year's finest music releases. I can also recommend the posthumous Arthur Russell release Corn, Jenny... more info

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