Stereogum — One of the aftershows for last week’s Newport Folk Festival celebrated a wide variety of music with producer Brad Cook. According to setlist.fm , a whole roster of musician pals joined Cook on stage at Jane Pickens Theatre to perform their own ... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday President Obama. Artists you love who’ve been on the cover of MAGNET: the Black Keys, the National, Okkervil River, Jeff Tweedy, Kurt Vile, Waxahatchee and Lucy Dacus (who seems to consider you a war criminal). Read Obama press secre... more info

Stereogum — Jeff Tweedy remains the busiest indie rocker around. Last month Wilco announced next year’s Sky Blue Sky Festival, whose stacked lineup includes MJ Lenderman, Waxahatchee, and Cameron Winter among many others. Now the beloved frontman is announc... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2008, Denver soft rockers the Fray had a top-10 pop hit with their big, stirring love ballad “You Found Me.” That song, and the band who made it, have never been cool in any sense, but maybe that’s about to change. Lena Dunham and he... more info

Stereogum — Forget the solstice — summer officially begins at Primavera Sound Barcelona. At least, that’s how it felt when the Stereogum staff had our little mini-summit at the festival earlier this month. The sea was regularly in eyesight, the ice-cold E... more info

Stereogum — Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky festival is back. After a complicated first year in 2022 and a breezy return in 2023, the third installment of the Cancun event will take place from Jan. 15 to 19, 2026 at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya with performers lik... more info

Stereogum — In 2020, Kathleen Edwards released her fifth album Total Freedom after taking a break from music. Last month she was covered by Waxahatchee and Brennan Wedl in Nashville, and now the Canadian singer-songwriter is announcing her new record Billio... more info

Stereogum — Be warned: This is going to be heavy. In 2023, Dorian Zev Kweller, the 16-year-old son of the great singer-songwriter Ben Kweller, passed away in a car accident. On Friday, Ben Kweller will release Cover The Mirrors, his first album since the loss... more info

Stereogum — Last month, Samia’s exquisite Bloodless was our Album Of The Week. Last night (May 20) the indie singer-songwriter kicked off her tour and gave live debuts to the tracks and covered Waxatachee. more info

Stereogum — Waxahatchee is currently on tour, playing headline shows and opening for Wilco. On Friday (May 9), she played Tennessee at the Pinnacle and had Brennan Wedl join her for a cover of Kathleen Edwards’ “Six O’Clock News.” more info