Popdose — Well, now. This is going to be an awkward Thanksgiving, isn’t it? At the very least, it’s going to be a little difficult to maintain that all-important attitude of gratitude. Our advice: Keep busy in the kitchen to avoid having to talk to anybody... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian listed the essential Saul Bellow novels. SPIN interviewed Doug Martsch about the new Built to Spill album Untethered Moon. The moment Saul Bellow found his literary voice. Vashti Bunyan and Josh Dibb (Deakin) of Animal Collective discuss... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Michael Wilson Louisville's Joan Shelley released her sophomore album, Electric Ursa, last year via No Quarter. It's an album of sleepy folk that's gotten some deserved comparisons to Nick Drake and Vashti Bunyan, and one... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The 2014 National Book Award finalists have been named. Singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan discussed the music that has inspired her at Pitchfork. Great Writers Steal interviewed author Jac Jemc. Granta hosted a discussion between authors Sam Lipsyte an... more info

The Telegraph — Folk musician Vashti Bunyan's concert felt like an extended kind of meditation more info

Stereogum — There are so many good new albums coming out this week — from Ex Hex, from Steve Gunn, from Zola Jesus, from Vashti Bunyan — but this week still turned into a two-horse race between Tinashe’s Aquarius and Caribou’s Our Love, two exceptional p... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Field Report's Marigolden is a solid sophomore effort. Allo Darlin''s We Come From The Same Place, Ex Hex's Rips, Vashti Bunyan's Heartleap, and Zola Jesus's Taiga are also new albums I can recommend. What new releases are you picking... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Next week (October 7) is a pretty major album release week, which means a lot of major albums are streaming in full this week. We already posted full album streams from Zola Jesus, Godflesh, Iceage and Single... more info

Stereogum — Vashti Bunyan will release the new album Heartleap this October. It will be only her third record since her debut in 1970. This one appears to be her most “solo” album yet: She self-produced the album, and recorded it with almost no assistance fr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We've already posted "Across the Water" from cult folk legend Vashti Bunyan's gorgeous new (and final) album, Heartleap (due 10/6 via FatCat), and she's now shared another equally great single, "Holy Smoke." Listen, with her list of upcoming UK... more info