Topix — Mark Kozelek and his band Sun Kil Moon will perform Saturday as part of the Noise Pop Festival. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pitchfork Music Festival returns to Chicago's Union Park from July 18-20 and the lineup was just announced. It includes Neutral Milk Hotel, Kendrick Lamar, Beck, Slowdive (their first reunion show in the US so far), Giorgio Morder, Sun Kil... more info

Stereogum — If you spend enough time with the new Sun Kil Moon album Benji, there is every chance that you will end up crying sooner or later. The first time I misted up to the album, it was during a relatively innocuous moment. “I Love My Dad” is one of the... more info

Stereogum — Mark Kozelek has now released three songs from the forthcoming Sun Kil Moon LP Benji, and all three have found their way to their respective week’s 5 Best Songs: the brand new “I Watched The Film The Song Remains The Same” is in the upper half ... more info

Stereogum — Sun Kil Moon’s heartrendingly beautiful and strikingly personal album Benji is coming next month. The songs we’ve posted so far — “Richard Ramirez Died Today Of Natural Causes,” “Michelene,” and especially “Ben’s My Friend” — ha... more info

Consequence of Sound — About his pal, Death Cab's Ben Gibbard. more info

Consequence of Sound — Another one off his new album, Benji. more info

Consequence of Sound — Due out early next year. more info

Consequence of Sound — Recalls the strengths of its individual players, instead of charting its own course. more info

Guardian Music — Animal Collective | Mark Kozelek | Holograms | Robert Glasper Experiment | Marilyn Crispell/Eddie Prevost/Harrison Smith | The Pilgrim's ProgressAnimal Collective, On tourAn Animal Collective show takes inspiration from 90s raves, 70s soundsystems an... more info