Brooklyn Vegan — Megafaun @ Bowery Ballroom in 2009 (more by Kurt Christensen) Those looking for an excuse for a road trip this weekend:Megafaun & Fight the Big Bull • 'Sounds of the South' feat. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver & Sharon Van... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Lineup: Dungen, The Entrance Band, Sharon Van Etten, Lord Huron, The Fresh & Onlys, Shannon & The Clams, John Carpenter, Hanni El Khatib, Young Prisms, So Many Wizards, Summer Darling and more…. Last March, following  SXSW, Aquarium Drunkard hoste... more info

Stereogum — The main attraction at the Chris Knox Benefit show was, for most, the promised short, live set by Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum. It seemed like everyone was impatient and antsy during the earlier performers sets. But Sharon Van Etten’s set imp... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-08 Washington, DC - DC909-09 Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar09-10 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Festival09-12 Charlotte, NC - Milestone09-13 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light09-14 Atlanta, GA - 52909-17-18 Durham, NC - Duke University10-08 Bro... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Welcome to this week's installment of Friday Night Videos, where we point you to some of our favorite clips posted on Pitchfork.tv in the past week. First up: Sharon Van Etten performing "One Day", from her forthcoming full-length Epic, for Yours T... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako DOWNLOAD: Sharon Van Etten - Love More (MP3) Sharon Van Etten's new album, Epic, pictured above, is out October 5th on Ba Da Bing, and you can catch her on the road before and after then.... more info

Altsounds — It's official. *Sharon Van Etten* is well on her way to winning over all across the states who are lucky enough to see her perform. In addition to playing select shows in the southeast with *Marissa Nadler* in advance of her forthcoming *Ba Da Bing! ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Junip @ Bowery Ballroom 6/10/10 (Chris Goldberg) Junip, the José González-fronted Swedish three-piece fronted who visited NYC in June, will be touring North Ameica this November (they're in Europe before and after that). The tour comes to NYC for a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Rachel Kowal The Rock Shop may have been open for a couple of months now, but last night's show marked the official party to celebrate the new Park Slope venue (the first show happened... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-12 Niederrhein, Germany - Haldern Pop Festival08-12 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival08-14 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival08-15 Leicester, England - Summer Sundae Festival09-10 Berlin, Germany - Berlin Festival09-24 Hamburg, Germany - U... more info