Brooklyn Vegan — King Dude @ Best Buy Theatre in May (more by Chris La Putt) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet @ BAM Part of Nonesuch... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette remembered Michael Chabon's punk band, The Bats. Morning Edition interviewed Nick Cave. The Detroit Metro Times interviewed Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond. Indy Week interviewed John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats a... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Shellac released its first new album in seven years, Dude Incredible, is released today. The Alla-Lah's' Worship the Sun is my personal favorite this week, but I have also enjoyed My Brightest Diamond's This Is My Hand and This... more info

Stereogum — Shara Worden’s operatic bazooka of a voice has been on display on a lot of other people’s indie rock records in recent years, and now she’s back with another of her own. Next week, Worden’s My Brightest Diamond project will release This Is My... more info

Nialler9 — I was on an actual holiday last week and of course, now that festival season is over, there were buttloads of shows announced in that time. Here’s an overview of the new prospects for nights out. All prices are without fees. Hidden Agenda celebra... more info

Stereogum — “Pressure,” the recent single from Shara Worden’s operatic art-pop project My Brightest Diamond, ripples and clangs and flutters beautifully; it’s the most percussive thing I’ve ever heard from this group. The song serves as the lead single... more info

Stereogum — Shara Worden, better known as My Brightest Diamond, will put out the new album This Is My Hand next month. We’ve already heard the absurdly confident opener, “Pressure,” which threw at us everything from queasy synths to crushing percussion. No... more info

Stereogum — Shara Worden is getting ready to release her new album, This Is My Hand, and she’s already shared the percussive, ferocious opener “Pressure.” Before that, though, she’s put together the EP None More Than You, which includes a song with her p... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Morrissey's new album World Peace Is None of Your Business is in stores this week. Anna Calvi's Strange Weather is by far my favorite new release, and I have also been enjoying Luluc's Passerby album and My Brightest Diamond's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher My Brightest Diamond at Bowery Ballroom in 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison) Shara Worden is set to release her fifth My Brightest Diamond album, This Is My Hand, on September 16 via Asthmatic Kitty. The first single... more info