Mjsbigblog — Happy Canada Day! To celebrate, Canadian Drake is going to top the combined album chart – again. Folk Rockers The Avett Brothers will be second with about 45-50K in combined sales. How much longer before albums become a rarity and they just release... more info

Rolling Stone — The Avett Brothers stopped by The Tonight Show for a rootsy performance of new song "Satan Pulls the String." The band released their ninth album, True Sadness, last Friday. Scott and Seth Avett passionately delivered the bluegrass track with thei... more info

Consequence of Sound — A spirited late-night appearance behind new album True Sadness. more info

USA Today Music — The band's Bob Crawford shares his summertime favorites.             more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Deerhoof's The Magic and Lisa Prank's Adult Teen are two albums I can recommend this week. Neil Young's Earth, The Avett Brothers' True Sadness, and The Felice Brothers' Life In The Dark are also available to stream, download, and... more info

JamBase — New albums out today from The Avett Brothers, Rich Robinson, The Felice Brothers and Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders make up this week's Release Day Picks. more info

Guardian Music — (American/Island/Republic)The Avett Brothers’ ninth album arrives with an open letter by Seth Avett, in which many words are written but very little is said: True Sadness, he explains, is a patchwork quilt, both thematically and stylistically,... more info

Consequence of Sound — Siblings molding Americana sadness into something more palatable, and a little less brooding. more info

JamBase — The Avett Brothers have shared a stream of their ninth studio album 'True Sadness' ahead of its release on Friday. more info

Consequence of Sound — Rick Rubin-produced record inspired by Nine Inch Nails, Queen, and Tom Petty. more info