Stereogum — Big week for Kathyrn Calder. She was on Letterman performing with the New Pornographers on Wednesday night, and her debut solo album, Are You My Mother? was released in digital form last night. “Arrow” makes me think of Sufjan Stevens, when he ke... more info

Stereogum — The New Pornographers have been regular guests on Late Night — they’d previously done “My Rights Versus Yours” and “The Laws Have Changed” on the show — so David Letterman warmly welcomed the band back for “Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk.” ... more info

Pitchfork — Earlier this week, we learned that Guided By Voices would reunite to play Matador's 21st birthday party, which goes down October 1-3 at the Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. But other than frontman Robert Pollard, Guided by Voices has had mor... more info

KEXP Seattle — Happy 143rd, Canada! From BC to Quebec, New Brunswick to Nova Scotia, this holiday is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the great Canadian bands that you’ve probably heard right here on KEXP, from indie rock favorites like Montreal’s Arcade Fi... more info

Pitchfork — UPDATE: Matador has announced the initial lineup for their 21st birthday party. In addition to the reunited GBV ("the Classic '93 - '96 lineup), it also features Pavement, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Spoon, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo, the Jon Spencer... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: Twilight Concert SeriesWHEN: July 8 - August 26WHERE: Salt Lake City, UTWHO: Modest Mouse, Big Boi, She & Him, the New Pornographers, Beirut, Girl Talk, Dum Dum Girls, Memory Tapes, Avi Buffalo, Twin Sister, the Dodos, Jamie Lidell, Sharon J... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Washington City Paper interviews Carl Newman of the New Pornographers. NPR is streaming last night's New Pornographers performance. At Comic Book Resources, comics writer Brian Michael Bendis interviews playwright David Mamet about Mamet's new gr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Andrew St. Clair Dan Bejar on stage with The New Pornographers One night after they headlined Terminal 5, The New Pornographers played a smaller show at The Bell House in Brooklyn with their tour-mates The Dutchess and the... more info

DrownedInSound — The New Pornographers released their brand new album Together at the end of April. It did indeed contain some fantastic musical tracts and was on the whole pretty good. We reviewed it here. They recently popped into Canada's CBC Studio Q to a) have a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman, words by Rachel Kowal The New Pornographers may be considered to be hopelessly passé by some, but for better or worse, they got a fair amount of play during my college radio days, so they are... more info