DrownedInSound — The old cliché that 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is trotted out a lot, but a) it's often true, and b) it'd be silly not to use it here. So here we have it. I'm not sure what to make of the world any more. Here are some snaps of people hug... more info

Guardian Music — (Drag City)The inlay to Pulp's Different Class memorably told listeners not to read the lyrics while listening to the album. For Joanna Newsom's third record, each song's lyric is so long, beautifully phrased – "Even the ghosts huddled up for ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Listening to Joanna Newsom has always required certain things: patience, trust, an ability to overlook cosmetic flaws in favor of the more complete picture, more patience. Her precedent releases—2004’s Milk-Eyed Mender and 2006’... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Flagpole profiles Those Darlins. Informed by Nashville and intersecting indie, pop and country scenes—and aware of the twisted tradition of Appalachian roots music that stretch back beyond the Carter Family, Those Darlins aren’t of Nash... more info

Nialler9 — Final Placement > Crystal Swing – http://bit.ly/br9InP # My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Frightened Rabbit (27), Humanzi (26) and Joanna Newsom (17) http://bit.ly/95nIVZ # Dragging my tired ass to @statemagazine social downstairs in the shebeen ch... more info

NME — Frontman set to hit the road in March and April more info

Rollo & Grady — Holly Miranda Wolf People – Tidings (Buy) Label: Jagjaguwar Wolf People – Empty Heart Holly Miranda – The Magician’s Private Library (Buy) Label: XL / Beggars Group Holly Miranda – Waves Balmorhea – Constellations (Buy) Lab... more info

Said the Gramophone — The Pack A.D. - "Cobra Matte" [Buy old stuff] -- Elsewhere: Joanna Newsom's Have One On Me is released today. It is a triumph. The only reason we're not posting it is that Drag City is vehemently opposed to new-model... more info

Stereogum — Joanna Newsom’s always been a storyteller. On 2004’s The Milk-Eyed Mender the tales were richly and eccentrically meandering, even if the songs have retrospectively proven to be the most concise and straightforward in a catalog that includes 2006... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the new Joanna Newsom album, Have One on Me (out today). The Los Angeles Times, PopMatters, Pitchfork, Washington Post, Globe and Mail review the album. Vanity Fair lists the "virile man's guide to liking Joanna Newsom." The... more info