Altsounds — Northside Festival is thrilled to announce that the following bands have been confirmed for this years festival: Surfer Blood • Sharon Van Etten • Theophilus London • DOM • Mount Eerie • The Strange Boys Ã... more info

Stereogum — We knew the basic Bonnaroo 2011 lineup, but along with a couple additional bands (see retro Swedes Graveyard, for example), we now have the complete schedule. Interesting Sharon Van Etten and Jessica Lea Mayfield are in direct competition. Ditto Kyle... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The second annual Hopscotch Festival will go down in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, across 12 different venues with over 135 bands, from September 8th through 10th. The lineup this year runs the gamut of independent music... from traditional indie... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield While a crazy rain storm was happening outside Saturday night, Sharon Van Etten, Megafaun, and She Keeps Bees (who replaced Little Scream) played a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, who played... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sharon Van Etten @ the Rock Shop in 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * RECORD STORE DAY * Fursaxa @ The Stone * Meg Baird @ The Stone * The Four Bags @ Barbes * Howard Fishman... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Little Scream @ a BV Day Party @ SXSW (more by Amanda Hatfield) TV on the Radio's (new album and) Brooklyn show date has arrived, and though they're not listing any opener, I think there might be a surprise. Not... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Barkan Megafaun @ Bowery Ballroom The Mountain Goats and Megafaun played their third of three Bowery Ballroom shows in a row on Wednesday, 3/30. NYC Taper has recordings (and the setlists) of the Mountain Goats' set from... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A weekly Pop & Hiss look at some of the weekend's top shows. A weekly Pop & Hiss look at some of the weekend's top shows. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Friday Oh Land @ The Music Box. A shame that Denmark's Oh Land (real name: Nanna Øland Fabricius) is confined to an opening slot on the Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark reunion tour, as the relative unknown artist on these... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Up on the Sun interviews singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten. UOTS: Nobody really records albums that go platinum anymore because of the popularity of digital downloading. Artists don't get to celebrate their accomplishments of record sales or downloa... more info