Pitchfork - Tours — 09-22 Cleveland, OH - Cleveland Museum of Art *09-23 Cincinnati, OH - Blue Wisp *09-24 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center *09-25 Grand Rapids, MI - Ladies Literary Center *09-26 Chicago, IL - Schuba's *09-28 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum *09-29 Toron... more info

Altsounds — Brooklyn-based *Clare and the Reasons*, fronted by *Clare* and *Olivier Manchon*, will be heading on the road with the legendary *Van Dyke Parks* for a fall tour. The concerts will offer a set from Clare and the Reasons, followed by a set from Van ... more info

Altsounds — *Magic Kids* share with last century's masters of pop music - Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Jeff Lynne - the ability to take a tiny and simple song, a moment of wide-eyed sincerity, and translate it into something that is bursting with life. Memph... more info

Totally Fuzzy — RokyManson said... DJRokyManson Nymphs - A Practical Guide To Astral Projection (EP) http://djrokymanson.blogspot.com Radio Free Wohlman said... Transmission 3310 The fairer sex my ass - these women rock! A tip of the RFW hat to the ladies includes ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Roskilde Festival in Denmark, billed as Northern Europe’s biggest music and culture festival, usually coincides with Independence Day in the U.S., and this year, veteran composer-arranger-orchestrator-raconteur Van Dyke Parks decided to weave s... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Van Dyke Parks is just about the last artist you'd ever expect to see wandering around among the fashionable hipsters ("young moderns" as he calls them), pizza cones, keg backpack-lugging beer servers, and overflowing port-a-urinals at the 3-day-... more info

Guardian Music — This Memphis band are a budget version of the Beach Boys, aiming to capture California's finest in their early glory days Hometown: Memphis.The lineup: Bennett, Al, Ben, Michael and Will.The background: Who would you rather see – the three survivin... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe auditorium is pock-marked with empty seats, but then there's something oddly fitting about Van Dyke Parks performing a rare solo show when most of London is looking the other way – their gazed fixed on the football. ... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: RoskildeWHEN: July 1-4WHERE: Roskilde, DenmarkWHO: Prince, Pavement, Gorillaz, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, the National, Robyn, Patti Smith, Dirty Projectors, Titus Andronicus, Beach House, Drake, Them Crooked Vultures, Van Dyke Parks... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Memphis, Tenn., widescreen indie-pop outfit Magic Kids are getting their full-length debut, Memphis, ready for release August 24 on True Panther. "Summer" is our first taste of the album, and it's plenty expansive, complete with string arrangements t... more info