LargeHeartedBoy — Aquarium Drunkard shares two cover songs performed by The Handsome Family. NPR excerpts from Colum McCann's new novel, TransAtlantic. Salon notes the overly male lineups of summer music festivals. A collection of Allen Ginsburg's annotated photograph... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Country folk duo The Handsome Family will release their new album Wilderness on May 14th. They have made a video for Woodpecker. Brett and Rennie Sparks will be touring behind the new album in the UK and the USA. The album is released by Carrot To... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Country folk duo The Handsome Family will release their new album Wilderness on May 14th. Brett and Rennie Sparks will be touring behind the new album in the UK and the USA. The CD release is in their hometown Albuquerque. The album is released on... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Andrew Bird is setting out to tour his upcoming album, Hands of Glory, but not in the typical fashion. Bird’s tour will be funded by the crowd through a contest on Songkick. Hands of Glory is the companion piece to Break It Yourself, which was re... more info

Guardian Music — Have a listen to Andrew Bird's new album and let us know your thoughtsReading this on a mobile? Click here to listen Earlier this year Andrew Bird released Break It Yourself to rave reviews, especially in the UK. In her Guardian review, Maddy Costa a... more info

Chicago Tribune — Riot Fest: For the first time the annual punk festival expands outdoors for two days in Humboldt Park (opening night will be indoors at the Congress Theatre), and the lineup has some of its heaviest hitters yet, including Iggy and the Stooges, Elvis... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonFamous as a violin-wielding, whistle-favouring indie hero, it seems Andrew Bird is a bit of an adrenaline junkie, too. "I like this shaky time at the beginning of the tour," he says mischievously. "It's not all muscle memory. It'... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Mark Owen Brett and Rennie Sparks, better known as the Gothic folk duo extraordinaire The Handsome Family, will be on tour in the UK in May. Live dates: 05/16 Leeds @ The Brudenell 05/17 Glasgow @ St. Andrews In The Square 05/19 Belfast... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Forbidden Planet offers an excerpt from Dan Berry's comic After We Shot the Grizzly, which features the lyrics from the Handsome Family song of the same name. The A.V. Club offers a primer to Hegre's Tintin books. The List of... more info

Guardian Music — We didn't want remorse or self-pity, just a sincere – or not so sincere – 'sorry'. Here are your favourite pleas for forgivenessLast week I invited suggestions of songs about apologies. Some of you offered songs about feeling remorse, or regret, ... more info