Brooklyn Vegan — (via @goldfrapp) You can still get tickets for tonight's BrooklynVegan Northside showcase featuring Operators (Dan Boeckner's [Wolf Parade] new band), Little Big League and Motion Studies at Baby's All Right. GOAT, who we last caught at Coachella, he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — First Aid Kit and The New Pornographers aren't the only Hammerstein Ballroom shows going on sale today. We also noticed two Hatsune Miku live events? What is that?HATSUNE MIKU EXPO is a festival that presents multiple contents featuring Hatsune... more info

Popdose — The New Pornos are back with a dense, layered, pop confection. more info

KEXP Seattle — It’s been four long years, but Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers have announced a new album, Brill Bruisers, out August 26th. The line-up will yet again feature A.C. Newman, Blaine Thurier, Dan Bejar, John Collins, Kathryn Calder, Kurt Dahl... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday, Neko Case’s band, the New Pornographers, announced their new album, Brill Bruisers, and shared its fantastically catchy title track. That coincides with a recent interview Case did with The New York Times, in which the singer-songwriter ... more info

Stereogum — In addition to his standup and TV work, Todd Barry also hosts his own podcast. Today, he brought on A.C. Newman to talk about the New Pornographers’ just-announced album, Brill Bruisers. Barry’s relationship with the New Pornographers was made cl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Lykke Li show at Radio City Music Hall go BrooklynVegan presale today at 11 AM. PASSWORD: WICKED Tickets for The New Pornographers show at Hammerstein Ballroom go on BrooklynVegan presale today at 11 AM: PASSWORD: BRUISERS... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Finally I can tweet freely about our LP, 'Brill Bruisers'. Let me save you some blog-reading: It's our best one yet." - @ACNewman The New Pornographers will release their sixth album, Brill Bruisers, via Matador on August 26. It's their... more info

Stereogum — It’s been four years since the last New Pornographers LP, Together, but they’ve just announced the details for its follow-up, Brill Bruisers, and shared the new album’s title track (with interactive cover art). The song is pretty much everythin... more info

Stereogum — Montreal’s Yellow Bird Project works with musicians to create T-shirt designs that benefit a charities of the artists’ choice; they’ve printed designs by the likes of Bon Iver, Best Coast, Tegan And Sara, Grizzly Bear, Rilo Kiley, and many more... more info