Brooklyn Vegan — Alabama's Hangout Music Festival returns from May 15-17, and the lineup's just been expanded. Joey Bada$$, Sylvan Esso, JEFF the Brotherhood, Sam Smith, Natural Child and more were added to the fest, joining Foo FIghters, Beck, My Morning Jacket,... more info

Nialler9 — Three announcements from North American bands for the capital were announced today. The excellent Sylvan Esso, who sold out the Workman’s Club last year are back on Tuesday June 9th for a gig in Whelan’s courtesy of MCD. Tickets €15+ on sale o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Gretchen Robinette Sylvan Esso @ T5, 1/23/2015 Ensconced in darkness, Meath and Sanborn descended onstage with minimal equipment, only the synth station and microphones. Barreling into "Could I Be," the sound gave out midway to the surprise... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: The Sidekicks at Saint Vitus in 2013 (more by Vladislav Grach) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Sidekicks, Cayetana, All Dogs, Roger Harvey @ Baby's All... more info

Stereogum — With Shriek’s move over to the synth-ier side of things, Wye Oak now have more in common stylistically with Sylvan Esso than they ever would have previously, and this remix of “Play It Right” feels very appropriate. The duo adds a few new eleme... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Landlady's Adam Schatz @ DbA's final week (more by Amanda Hatfield) Landlady are throwing a "Holiday Spectacular" tonight (12/8) at Mercury Lounge which features performances from Celestial Shore, Xenia Rubinos, Luke Temple, Invisible Familiars, Zong... more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn chamber-pop maximalists Landlady made a lot of noise earlier this year with their debut album Upright Behavior. And now, as a seasonal bonus, they’ve recorded their own version of Charles Brown’s 1960 holiday standard “Please Come Home... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mr. Twin Sister @ Baby's All Right, 10/3/2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Mr. Twin Sister found creative rebirth (and an honorific) this year, releasing their lush, groovy new album which is really worth checking out if you haven't yet. You... more info

Stereogum — “Coffee” is a highlight on Sylvan Esso’s self-titled debut from earlier this year, and it’s just been given an update by Beat Junkies founder J. Rocc. He trades in Nick Sanborn’s sweeping synths for some wet newspaper beats that give the tr... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Dazed listed the weirdest invented languages in literature. Stereogum interviewed singer-songwriter Zola Jesus. Stream her new album. The Guardian Books podcast interviewed author David Mitchell. Sylvan Esso visited the KEXP studio for a live perform... more info