L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Philadelphia guitar rock band The War on Drugs gigged at Silver Lake club the Satellite on Saturday night. Times pop critic Randall Roberts reviews. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The War On Drugs at Cameo Gallery in August (more by Jessica Amaya) As discussed, The War on Drugs are moving up in the world. Their last NYC show was at the small Cameo. Their next will happen at the... more info

Altsounds — For those who have not yet sought out The War On Drugs' new album, Slave Ambient, we offer up a chance to hear one of the album's finest cuts, and The War On Drugs' main man Adam Granduciel's favorite track, “Your Love Is Calling My NameÃ�... more info

Guardian Music — Cargo, LondonThe War on Drugs have been on the road for six months, and cabin fever may be taking its toll on their conversational abilities. "Me and Steven got new jeans in Holland," offers singer and guitarist Adam Granduciel by way of between-song... more info

Impose Magazine — Philadelphia's The War on Drugs always wanted to make an album of American hymns. That time honed tradition that takes roots in Americana by way of the folk-y Vanguard channels, the Dylan folk gone rock back pages toward the flood lit stadiums, f... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jessica Amaya The War on Drugs @ Cameo Gallery The War on Drugs played two NYC shows this past weekend that took place at Cameo Gallery on Friday (8/19) and Mercury Lounge on Saturday (8/20). The Cameo show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The War on Drugs @ Webster Hall in April (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Evanescent @ Barbes * Howard Fishman @ Barbes * Beyonce @ Roseland Ballroom * Spanglish Fly, Cumbiagra @ Zebulon * Jonathan Coulton @... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — There’s a stage being set for an empty infield on the cover of Slave Ambient, the latest from phased-out Philly kit The War on Drugs. Behind the shifting marbles of red and blue and white, a solitary guy in a baseball cap is captured in motion. But... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Maria Taylor's new album Overlook is the week's new music highlight for me. I can also recommend Battles' single My Machines, The Boats' Cannonballs, Cannonballs, Mister Heavenly's Out of Love, The Parson Red Heads' Yearling, The War on Drugs'... more info

Guardian Music — (Secretly Ambient)The War on Drugs are, mostly, the divinely named Adam Granduciel, a long-haired Philadelphian with a knack for bringing together notionally disparate rock realms. He sounds like Bob Dylan or Tom Petty when he sings – laconic, nasa... more info