Topix — Among the benefits of touring with M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel? Free hats. Not the one Matt Brown's wearing here -- at home with his cat, Donny -- but a Stetson is on its way from the company after a visit to the store in New York, before She & Him p... more info

Pitchfork — Denim institution Levi's has launched a series of free downloads called Levi's Pioneer Sessions. This one's got a simple concept: Current artists covering older songs. The first download in the series is up now, and it's Nas doing his take on Sli... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Video from David Letterman, Craig Ferguson and Carson Daly, below...... more info

Altsounds — ATO Records is excited to announce that Dawes has confirmed a long string of tour dates, including four weeks with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Besides these dates, they will be on the road through August playing shows with Josh Ritter, ... more info

NME — Tired Pony project features guest spots from She & Him and Editors more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Those stepping inside Camden’s KOKO to listen to some gentle folk music could easily be mistaken for thinking they had travelled into a parallel universe, one where Zooey Deschanel is Queen of the world and her every move is cheered and fawned over... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-10 London, England - University of London05-28 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre05-29 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre05-30 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheatre05-31 Quincy, WA - Sasquatch Music Festival06-04 Milwaukee, WI - Verge Music Festival06-05 Minnea... more info

Gigwise — The duo play triumphant set at KOKO... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — In honor of last night's Merge-heavy show, The Clean, Caribou getting to town, Shout Out Louds just leaving, and a free She & Him show this summer, I thought I'd post a link to the free Merge Records Sampler... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Two final NYC Voxtrot shows are now on sale. Forgetters are playing The Bell House on May 27th with Holopaw and Callers. Tickets are on sale. Tickets are on sale for the Eli Paperboy Reed show coming to the Bell... more info