Brooklyn Vegan — To quote Birds Need Feet..."The National have recorded a song for the soundtrack of the upcoming Tom McCarthy-directed film Win Win which will see its proper US release on March 25. The song is called "Think You Can Wait"... more info

Stereogum — The National’s “Think You Can Wait” is the theme song for Thomas McCarthy-directed (and Paul Giamatti-starring) “sports comedy-drama” Win Win. Matt Berninger told HitFlix that the track, which features guest vocals from Sharon Van Etten, wa... more info

Altsounds — Fresh off a month long European tour opening for *The National*, *Sharon Van Etten* is ready to hit the road again! Continuing to support her 2010 release, *epic* (Ba Da Bing), Sharon plays 30 cities, which includes several shows at SXSW. Sharon wil... more info

Culture Bully — Ke$ha announces Beastie Boys cover, Jack White & Wanda Jackson do the Late Show, new music from Blastoids, D. Watusi & JEFF the Brotherhood, and bunch of Nashville concert updates including news on Sharon Van Etten, Ted Leo, the Kills & Interpol. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Make Major Moves interviews singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten. NPR reviews (and excerpts from) Colm Toibin's new story collection, The Empty Family. Drowned in Sound interviews Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch about his new book, The Celestial C... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Little Scream "The Heron and the Fox" (MP3) Sharon Van Etten at Bowery Ballroom (more by Jessica Amaya) Sharon Van Etten just headlined Bowery Ballroom recently and will return to play another hometown show at the about-equally-sized Music ... more info

The CatBirdSeat — Every year, our friends at the Bend, OR Bulletin put together a 2-”disc” wrap-up compilation of the previous year’s music– one disc filled with local Pacific NW artists, and one with a wide national set. This year’s collection will get you... more info

Stereogum — Sharon Van Etten is, according to Pitchfork, working on recording the followup to Epic with The National’s Aaron Dessner. That’s good news. The album sessions have to fit in between her tour for Epic, which included a stop at the Bowery Ballroom ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jessica Amaya Though I only personally caught Sharon Van Etten due to dinner plans that went longer than expected (everyone was raving about opener The War on Drugs though), I can say that Saturday night's show at Bowery... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sharon Van Etten @ High Violet Annex (more by David Andrako) today in NYC * Winter Jazz Fest * Lucia Pulido @ Barbes * Los Texmaniacs @ Barbes * Bettye LaVette @ Joe's Pub * Patton Oswalt @ Caroline's *... more info