LargeHeartedBoy — Author Alejandro Zambra was interviewed by his editor at McSweeneys. Stream the new Frog Eyes album Pickpockets' Locket. Publishers Weekly interviewed author Warren Ellis. Jason Isbell covered "Desperadoes Waiting For A Train." Vol. 1 Brooklyn interv... more info

Stereogum — The next season of the long-running PBS live-music show Austin City Limits starts in October, and its first episode will give us this year’s Hall Of Fame induction show. The show will have tributes to people like Townes Van Zandt and Loretta Lynn. ... more info

Stereogum — Last month, the former Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell released the truly great Americana album Something More Than Free. And last night, he the musical guest on Conan, where he sang the tough, leathery single “24 Frames.” On Conan O’Brien’s st... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Born just outside the storied music crucible of Muscle Shoals, Ala., the 36-year-old Jason Isbell has been regarded as a songwriter's songwriter since gaining wide acclaim with Southern rock band the Drive-By Truckers. Since leaving the band in 2007,... more info

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Stereogum — Jason Isbell, who just released his beautiful new album Something More Than Free, was profiled on today’s episode of CBS Sunday Morning. In the segment, Isbell opens up about his recent breakthrough and the dark backstory to that success — drinki... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Jason Isbell @ Prospect Park 7/25/2015 It was a pretty good weekend for Jason Isbell. His new album, Something More Than Free, debuted at #5 on Billboard's album chart (#1 on Rock and Folk) and he... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Country for people who don't like country" is having a moment. Country artists like Sturgill Simpson, Kacey Musgraves, ex-Drive By Trucker Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton are putting out interesting, critically-acclaimed records that are being talk... more info

Stereogum — I gotta head to the Jason Isbell show in Brooklyn, so cool if we skip the intro today? You guys don’t even read the intro, do you? Your best and worst comments from another exhausting week are below. THIS WEEK’S 10 HIGHEST RATED COMMENTS #10 your... more info

Stereogum — Jason Isbell’s Something More Than Free is one of the best albums of this year, and today he’s released a video for the working-class hat-tip title track. When I interviewed Isbell, he talked about how being around people that are actually strugg... more info