Brooklyn Vegan — photos by James Richards IV, words by Zach Pollack, Milos Markicevic & Arielle Gordon Beck / Sun Kil Moon / disgruntled Death Grips fan The 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival began on Friday afternoon (7/18) in Chicago's Union Park with a... more info

Stereogum — There’s a moment early on in LOSE, the third album from Cymbals Eat Guitars, that immediately leaps out. Frontman and lyricist Joe D’Agostino describes his best friend looking like David Bowie on Soul Train, a reference that’s strikingly simila... more info

Stereogum — Against Me!’s incredible recent album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, came in at #7 on our list of the 50 Best Albums Of 2014 So Far, although it’s pretty impossible to force the album into any such context: Our #1 album, Sun Kil Moon’s Benji, is... more info

Stereogum — When Owen Pallett met me poolside at Arcade Fire’s Palm Springs hotel during Coachella’s first weekend, he politely offered me some of his organic sunblock. (Incidentally, the stuff was all over my fingers when Win Butler was suddenly looming ove... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We recently mentioned that the Hopscotch Music Festival will return to various downtown Raleigh, NC venues from September 4-6, and now the initial lineup has been announced. It's looking pretty great as usual with Spoon, Mastodon, St. Vincent, Sun... more info

NME — The Brecon Beacons festival will take place in August more info

Stereogum — It’s hard to imagine a better venue than a church for Mark Kozelek’s sparse, meditative songs. The Sun Kil Moon singer took the second-to-last slot of the night at Pitchfork’s SXSW showcase, which took place at Austin’s Central Presbyterian C... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (via @marniethedog) Tickets for the Seahaven show at The Studio at Webster Hall with Adventures, Foxing and Little Big League are on sale now. Tickets for the Sun Kil Moon show at Town Hall go on sale today at noon.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Sun Kil Moon, the current project of Mark Kozelek (ex-Red House Painters), released his newest album, Benji, last month via Mark's own Caldo Verde Records. Recorded with Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Will Oldham (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy... more info

Topix — Mark Kozelek and his band Sun Kil Moon will perform Saturday as part of the Noise Pop Festival. more info