Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Debi Del Grande Spoon / Fuzz / Modest Mouse / Father John Misty / Syvan Esso / Diarrhea Planet While Friday and Sunday nights are topped with EDM, Saturday belonged unequivocally and inarguably to good ol' rock and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Flaming Lips at Levitation 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Earlier this month, part of the lineup leaked for this year's series free concerts at Montauk's restaurant/hotel/vacation spot The Surf Lodge, and we've now got the full schedule. Some high... more info

Perez Hilton — Rachel Platten - Fight Song [CLICK HERE] Years & Years - Worship [ CLICK HERE ] Eva Simons - Policeman [ CLICK HERE ] Leona Lewis - Fire Under My Feet [ CLICK HERE ] Okay Kaya - Damn, Gravity [ CLICK HERE ] Sylvan Esso - Head, Shoulders, Knees and To... more info

Perez Hilton — There is something childlike and joyous about Sylvan Esso's H.S.K.T. A song that samples Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes can't help but make you smile! Thankfully, it's not gimmicky or cheesy. Instead, it reminds us of Pomplamoose with a bit of a dan... more info

Stereogum — Sadie Dupuis is the latest famous musician to annotate her songs on Genius, joining the likes of Rick Rubin, The-Dream, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath. The Speedy Ortiz leader shared insights about numerous songs, includ... more info

Stereogum — If you’ve spent some time with Sylvan Esso’s self-titled debut album — and if you haven’t, you should — you probably remember “H.S.K.T.” as the digital hoedown song, the one with the “head, shoulders, knees, toes” hook. The duo says... more info

Stereogum — Sylvan Esso’s self-titled 2014 debut is a truly enjoyable album, but it’s also, pretty clearly, the work of a couple of indie-folk dweebs playing around with dance and pop idioms. In fact, that’s maybe the most endearing thing about it. Still, ... more info

Stereogum — Rap Genius Genius continues their quest to annotate the world by inviting Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso to expound on some of the lyrics of the duo’s self-titled debut album. Genius executive editor Sasha Frere-Jones notes that this move opens up Gen... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Authors Leslie Jamison and Catherine Lacey interviewed each other at the Huffington Post. Sylvan Esso played a Tiny Desk Concert. The shortlist for the 2015 Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction has been announced. Sound of the City explored Sufjan Steve... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sufjan at Big Ears Fest 2010 (more by Andrew Frisicano) Part of the lineup already leaked for Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner's Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, and now the whole thing has been announced. It includes their... more info