Brooklyn Vegan — Thee-day Oregon music festival Pickathon returns this year from August 1-3 in Happy Valley. The lineup includes Nickel Creek, X, Warpaint, The War on Drugs, Jonathan Richman, Mac DeMarco, Operators, Foxygen, Destroyer (solo), Courtney Barnett, Parque... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Edward Sharpe at The Surf Lodge this past weekend (via Thatcher Shultz) Like in past years, the Montauk restaurant/hotel/vacation spot The Surf Lodge is once again hosting a free concert series. The series kicked off this past weekend with Edward... more info

NME — The singers performed together on Australian TV show RocKwiz more info

Stereogum — Here’s something Wikipedia just taught me: “RocKwiz is an Australian television quiz show series, focused on rock music and featuring different guest artist musicians who perform live in each episode.” That sounds like a great show! I wish we h... more info

NME — Singer-songwriter is expected to release her debut album proper later this year more info

NME — Circa Waves, Example and Lizzo also played the first day of the event more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Courtney Barnett, "The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas" (Mom + Pop Music) more info

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NME — Day one of the annual Merseyside event also sees appearances from Thurston Moore and Jon Hopkins more info

Stereogum — Courtney Barnett, Australia’s indie rock poet laureate, has been making the rounds this week due to the US release of The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas. Her latest stop was VH1′s Big Morning Buzz Live, where she played a solo rendition of “Ava... more info