Topix — Singer A.C. Newman has objected to a Canadian politician's use of the song "Move" by Newman's band the New Pornographers. more info

Stereogum — A full moon shined the background of a lovely evening at the Hollywood Bowl that starred The National with Neko Case (with T Bone Burnett) and Sharon Van Etten. The National had some help on vocals as Annie Clark from St. Vincent and Kathryn Calder f... more info

ContactMusic — Cult indie rockers The New Pornographers have taken aim at Canadian politician Tim Hudak for using one of their songs on the campaign trail without their permission The leader of Ontarios Progressive Conservative party has been using the bands Moves ... more info

Stereogum — It’ll be hard to top the Tom Scharpling-directed clip for “News,” but the New Pornographers take it super sci-fi in the animated clip for “Up In The Dark,” which definitely involves interstellar travel, ominous button pressing, and some rat... more info

The Music Fix — The New Pornographers vocalist goes it alone and with stunning results. more info

Stereogum — Last night while watching something on TV (Stewart or Colbert or Breaking Bad are my only options these days, so one of those) I heard a lady rhapsodizing about T-Mobile’s best deal ever, and then heard that sermon paired with an unreasonably catch... more info

Music For Ants — It’s time for the annual Summer Edition of Commercial Watch, where I again highlight some of the songs that those marketing folks are harvesting for mass consumption. Since I realize most of you are the Hulu / DVR / next-day-on-youtube type, you’... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kathryn Calder on stage with The New Pornographers (more by Amanda Hatfield) Kathryn Calder, possibly best known for her contributions to a certain supergroup that contains her uncle, is currently on the road with Himalayan Bear on the West Coast.... more info

Altsounds — The brand new 4-day music and art festival at Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, New Jersey called the *Festival for Humanity *have announced headliners* Good Charlotte, **John Popper and the Duskray Troubadours*, *Third Eye Blind, From Good Homes, The... more info

NME - The Daily Download — There are many words to describe Austin, Texas band Okkervil River – but we’re going to have to go with prolific. Not only have they just completed their sixth album, ‘I Am Very Far’ (which is now ready to pre-order before its Jagjaguwar rele... more info