Chorus.fm — The notable artists on your television this week include: Perfume Genius (Kimmel; 7/11), The Kills (Kimmel; 7/12), The New Pornographers (Colbert; 7/13), and Mastodon (Conan; 7/10). more info

Stereogum — The long list for Canada's 2017 Polaris Music Prize has been revealed. Drake, Mac DeMarco, Feist, Carly Rae Jepsen, Leonard Cohen, the Weeknd, Japandroids, the New Pornographers, BADBADNOTGOOD, Tanya Tagaq, and more have made the cut. The 40-name lon... more info

Popdose — The spirit is willing, but... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The New Pornographers new album Whiteout Conditions (released on April 7 via Concord Music Group) is the bands seventh album, as well as the first without both songwriter Dan Bejar and drummer Kurt Dahle. Bajar’s presence in particular is of course... more info

KEXP Seattle — A band is like a marriage; the divorce rate for groups started two decades ago is high. Add in more members, each with significant side projects, and the odds of a split only climb higher. By all estimates then, The New Pornographers, formed tw... more info

Stereogum — Yesterday, children's singer Raffi Cavoukian objected to the New Pornographers name after two decades of silence on the matter, but he's now backtracked and apologized after a series of tweets from NP frontman Carl Newman. Per Pitchfork, Raffi sent t... more info

Stereogum — Canadian indie rockers the New Pornographers have been around since the late '90s, but children's entertainer Raffi Cavoukian apparently just discovered the group after the CBC recently shared one of their performances. Raffi is no fan of the band, h... more info

Chicago Tribune — The New Pornographers have a small problem that most bands would love to face: The band has been around so long (two decades), and been so consistent in putting out one pop-perfect rock album after another (seven since 2000, including the recent "Whi... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Canadian rock band's latest has its charms but ultimately not enough rewards. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Salon shared an excerpt from Anne Lamott's new books Hallelujah Anyway. NPR Music is streaming the New Pornographers' new album Whiteout Conditions. eBooks on sale for $1.50 today: After Disasters by Viet Dinh The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks ... more info