Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Lykke Li show at Radio City Music Hall go BrooklynVegan presale today at 11 AM. PASSWORD: WICKED Tickets for The New Pornographers show at Hammerstein Ballroom go on BrooklynVegan presale today at 11 AM: PASSWORD: BRUISERS... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Finally I can tweet freely about our LP, 'Brill Bruisers'. Let me save you some blog-reading: It's our best one yet." - @ACNewman The New Pornographers will release their sixth album, Brill Bruisers, via Matador on August 26. It's their... more info

Stereogum — It’s been four years since the last New Pornographers LP, Together, but they’ve just announced the details for its follow-up, Brill Bruisers, and shared the new album’s title track (with interactive cover art). The song is pretty much everythin... more info

Stereogum — Montreal’s Yellow Bird Project works with musicians to create T-shirt designs that benefit a charities of the artists’ choice; they’ve printed designs by the likes of Bon Iver, Best Coast, Tegan And Sara, Grizzly Bear, Rilo Kiley, and many more... more info

Stereogum — You wouldn’t expect there to be much crossover between grim, violent, zombie-apocalypse scenarios and warm, sprightly power-pop, and yet here we have New Pornographers frontman A.C. Newman contributing a song to the soundtrack of The Walking Dead. ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Albums there are dates for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wigout At Jagbags (6th January)Broken Bells – After The Disco (13th January)East India Youth - Total Strife Forever (13th January)I Break Horses - Chiaroscuro (20th January)Mogwai - Rave Ta... more info

Powerpopulist — Which one's the Kid & which one's the Bag? Nice finds. Go get 'em quick before it's too late. Inexpressible thanks to the hosts. Veronica Falls - Nobody There - Side One Track One People's Temple - Twice Burned - Requiem Pour... more info

Topix — Once merely a third of the New Pornographers' indie-rock-Avengers front line and a solo act with country-rock leanings, ginormous pipes and comedy-club-stage banter, Neko Case has grown into one of America's best and most ambitious singer-songwriters... more info

Powerpopulist — Here are our faves from the second fabulous cover collection by Futureman Records' Keith Klingensmith and the TM Collective. They're all available for free download on a name-your-price basis. We know you know the artists they're coverin... more info

Consequence of Sound — Featuring M. Ward, members of New Pornographers and My Morning Jacket. more info