Pitchfork - Forkcast — Last night at Le Poisson Rouge in downtown Manhattan, Neutral Milk Hotel main man Jeff Mangum made a supremely rare appearance at a tribute benefit concert for ailing New Zealand punk originator Chris Knox. According to OneThirtyBPM, he played five N... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Will Westbrook Last night at Le Poisson Rouge in downtown Manhattan, Neutral Milk Hotel main man Jeff Mangum made a supremely rare appearance at a tribute benefit concert for ailing New Zealand punk originator Chris Knox. According to OneThi... more info

Rolling Stone — Devendra Banhart has had to cancel the remaining handful of shows on his current tour after breaking his leg in a skateboarding accident. “I wanted to play the shows anyway like in a bed or something but the dr’s didn’t think that was a great i... more info

Pitchfork — On May 6, downtown Manhattan's Le Poisson Rouge will host a benefit show for New Zealand punk originator Chris Knox, who suffered a series of strokes last year. The big news: Reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel leader Jeff Mangum will make an extremely rare... more info

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Stereogum — Danger Mouse and James Mercer hit-up The Road for "The High Road" video. Now they've actually taken Broken Bells to the streets: The guys performed their debut show Friday 2/19 at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. Speaking of bootlegs, someone v... more info

The Yellow Stereo — After visiting Salt Lake City in November and playing to a pretty decent sized crowd at The State Room, Fanfarlo is set to return later in the month on the 27th at the Urban Lounge. If you happened to miss them the first time (shame on you!), I woul... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Madeline Ava covers Neutral Milk Hotel's classic album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea with only her voice and a ukulele (and the occasional kazoo). You Ain't No Picasso shares a collection of Decemberists covers. At eMusic, indie rockers sha... more info

Stereogum — Surfer Blood. As far as indie rock debut LPs go, this is about as good as it's going to get in 2K10. These are dudes that will toss off a Neutral Milk Hotel cover without even bothering to unslouch on the couch, slack but properly studied, like th... more info

Guardian Music — I had been looking for a voice to capture how it felt to hear that Vic Chesnutt had died, when I realised that voice was his ownI first heard Vic Chesnutt one Saturday morning in Dublin, many years ago now. Lying in bed in early summer, gulls cawing ... more info