Brooklyn Vegan — Sharon Van Etten @ Lincoln Hall earlier on tour (more by Grant MacAllister) today in NYC * Wyclef Jean @ City Winery * Jesse Boykins III @ 92YTribeca * Damned Dogs, Soft Circle @ New Museum * Big Sam's Funky... more info

Bradley's Almanac — It's a bit behind schedule, but here's my annual list of recorded releases I'm most looking forward to this year. A handful of 2012 Tuesdays have already passed, but the lag time allowed me to sneak in a bunch of just-announced full-lengths. I've inc... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Drowned in Sound interviews Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt. Stream the BBC documentary Haruki Murakami: In Search of his Elusive Writer. (via) The Globe and Mail profiles singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten. At 3:AM Magazine, Andrew Gallix i... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — CHARTattack interviews singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten. "You've been quoted as saying “sadness isn’t an emotion that most cool bands want to talk about.” Why do you feel that way?
 I guess people think of it as weak sometimes. But I... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Shearwater's Animal Joy is already at the top of my 2012 favorite albums list (along with Sharon Van Etten's Tramp, released last week). Other albums I can wholeheartedly recommend this week include Heartless Bastards' Arrow, Islands' A Sleep &... more info

Chorus.fm — Check out *Sharon Van Etten* (http://sharonvanetten.com/)'s "Take Away Show" for La Blogothèque (http://www.blogotheque.net/) here (http://jagjaguwar.com/blog/2012/02/watch-sharon-van-etten-in-a-take-away-show-see-her-live-in-tour-starting-tod... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Cinema, spirits and soul! Monica opened her show with a set that included Niobe, Spiritualized, The Stylistics, and Nino Rota. Sharon Van Etten recently played her entire new album, Tramp, at the Mercury Lounge. She and band mate Heather Woods... more info

411 Mania — The indie darling has decided to blow up her sound and take a chance being a serious crossover hit. How does she do? Join C.A. Bell for a full review of the new record. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Frankie Rose releases Interstellar this month (2/21) and as Bill points out, she's left the garage pop of her debut behind in favor of synthy, jangly pop. It's a huge step up from her last album and you can... more info

Chicago Tribune — Sharon Van Etten was a struggling, uncertain artist trying to find an audience on tour in 2010 when she was awakened one morning with some life-changing news. The night before, the National’s Aaron Dessner had joined Bon Iver on stage at the MusicN... more info