Stereogum — Jason Molina stopped by the University of Minnesota's Radio K and performed "Whip-poor-will" along with Josephine bonus track "Rider.Shadow.Wolf." The latter also appears with "Josephine" on an upcoming 7". Take a listen to this live incarnation. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Heads up.  Magnolia Electric Co. has a new album out, Josephine, their first since 2006’s Fading Trails.  Tuesday, July 28th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Jason Molina and Co. with guests The Donkeys and Old Californio at The Echo in Echo Park,... more info

Stereogum — This week, Jason Molina and Magnolia Electric Co. officially released the Steve Albini-recorded Josephine LP. We drooled over its title track, today the band makes a free offering of the downtrodden wurlitzer cut "Little Sad Eyes." Magnolia Electric ... more info

Stereogum — A busy weekend of live music in NYC wound up with a fantastic, if somewhat mismatched, lineup at the Williamsburg Waterfront on Sunday. The show was the second installment of the relocated "Pool Parties," a series of free summer shows shifted from... more info

Radio Exile — Jason Molina is an old soul. Nearly a decade ago when he released his debut record, Songs: Ohia, it was quite clear that he had been around the block and like John Prine before him, Molina has a voice and songs with a depth, fragility, authority and ... more info

Guardian Music — This week's podcast features two bands popular on this blog and, thus, we hope you likey.First up are Deerhunter or, to be more specific, frontman Bradford Cox, who talks to Rosie Swash about the truth behind the leak of the band's last album Microca... more info

Rollo & Grady — From Pitchfork: It’s been nearly three years since Fading Trails, the last proper album from rootsy Midwesterners Magnolia Electric Co. In the time since that album’s release, frontman Jason Molina moved to London, and touring bassist Even Farrel... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — July 21st sees the release of Magnolia Electric Co.’s fifth LP, Josephine, an album that marks Jason Molina’s sixteenth full-length with the Secretly Canadian label.   In a word, prolific.  Whether recording under him own name, Songs: Oh... more info

Buzzgrinder — Magnolia Electric Co.'s latest album, Josephine, will be out July 21 on Secretly Canadian, and the band has released the title track to whet our musical appetites. It seems to be everything I'd hoped for from Jason Molina's next effort. However, t... more info

Stereogum — Record Store Day brought a welcome treat in the form of a new Magnolia Electric Co. 7", but that was just a tiny tributary to the relative flood of awesomeness that Jason Molina has cooked up with Josephine, his band's first album in three years. It'... more info