LargeHeartedBoy — Lorrie Moore talks to NPR about her new novel, A Gate at the Stairs. An excerpt from the book is also presented. NPR is streaming last night's performance by Sondre Lerche. Chapman/Chapman creates a playlist of songs to accompany reading... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: The Smith Westerns - Be My Girl (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sondre Lerche - Good Luck (MP3) After what seems like an entire summer's worth of epic weekends, this one is looking pretty quiet, music-wise. No surprise, as... more info

Rawkblog — Sondre Lerche’s new album, Heartbeat Radio, might be the Norwegian songwriter’s best collection yet — so you won’t want to miss his return to his (and my) favorite Los Angeles haunt, the Troubadour, on Sept. 24. (The album’s due Sept. 8.) A... more info

Stereogum — After giving us a sample of his new collection's throwback orchestral pop title track, Norwegian songsmith Sondre Lerche offers up another listen to his forthcoming Heartbeat Radio. Lerche let's himself rock a little harder here, although it's still ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Sondre Lerche - Good Luck (MP3) Check out "Good Luck," above, a new track off Sondre Lerche's upcoming album Heartbeat Radio, due September 8th on Rouder Records."I wrote this song on the last day of 2007 after a complicated... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche [ tickets ] has lined up a fall North American headlining tour to support his latest studio effort, "Hearbeat Radio," which drops in September.... continued more info

The Yellow Stereo — As much as I love how many of these well-known bands are beginning to provide free songs to download from upcoming releases, the actual process to acquire said song is completely unwarranted as far as I’m concerned.  Besides bullshitting most of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — September 8, 2009 will see the release of Sondre Lerche's new album 'Heartbeat Radio,' his debut for Rounder Records and the start of an ambitious new chapter for the widely praised singer. The twelve-track collection of expansive, orchestral pop wil... more info

Rock Sellout — Rounder Records will release Sondre Lerche’s debut for the label, Heartbeat Radio, on September 8th. The twelve-song album will be his first release since the soundtrack for Dan in Real Life in 2007. Heartbeat Radio was recorded in Lerche’s homet... more info

Stereogum — Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche lives in Brooklyn these days, but the 26-year old's still writing ambitious, orchestral pop that proves difficult to pin down geographically. Heartbeat Radio, the 12-song followup to the Dan in Real Life ... more info