Stereogum — Chicago-based independent record label Drag City is sharing the majority of their discography with Spotify listeners after years of avoiding major streaming services. They moved much of their catalog to Apple Music last year, and now artists includin... more info

Sweeping The Nation — In retrospect, something appears to be coming together around 1998. Three of the year's biggest music stories - George Michael's arrest, Elton John's knighthood, Geri leaving the Spice Girls - feel like the first stage of coalescing into ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub interviewed author Jenny Zhang. Steve Albini discussed Shellac recordings with The Quietus. BOMB interviewed author David Burr Gerrard. Pitchfork reconsidered the Silver Jews' 1998 album American Water. Alexander Chee has been awarded th... more info

Stereogum — Drag City have long been one of the more notorious streaming holdouts, refusing to make their catalog available on services like Spotify or Apple Music. But recently, the label's hardline stance has softened considerably, with classics albums from Pa... more info

Nialler9 — Some more additions to the Forbidden Fruit Festival lineup today for June Bank Holiday weekend @ The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. Monday is curated by Bon Iver and already features Justin Vernon and band, Flying Lotus, The Staves, Lisa Hannigan ... more info

Stereogum — It starts with a line you might yell at an ex across an empty, half-lit parking lot around midnight: “I don’t really wanna die/ I only wanna die in your eyes.” But here it’s not hollered, it’s sung, almost politely so, by David Berman, the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "In addition to trying to entertain with a vast blend of music from 1950-2015 (he has been on a bit of a Hawaiian kick and you're as likely to hear Walter Wanderley as Wire), Nastanovich gladly takes suggestions on strategies to reignite Pavemen... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Welcome to the third episode of Aquarium Drunkard’s Transmissions podcast, our recurring series of inspired conversation and unexpected sounds. On this week’s episode Jason P. Woodbury speaks with Nashville-based guitarist William Tyler. As ... more info

Stereogum — Jack White’s Third Man Records has become something of a haven for all kinds of special releases — vinyl or otherwise — and today they’ve shared a video of Silver Jews’ David Berman reciting a poem by Frank Stanford. The poem is from a rece... more info

Stereogum — At this point Bob Nastanovich is at least as well known as a race horsing enthusiast as a member of Pavement and Silver Jews. Nastanovich is, for instance, the only known American to have attended race meetings at all 60 British racecourses, and he�... more info