L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Let’s just get it out of the way. The Tallest Man on Earth, the nom de folk of Kristian Matsson, sounds eerily like early Bob Dylan. The pre-Newport, pre-electric Bobby D, with a head haunted by crooked streets and expensive... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Tallest Man on Earth - King of Spain (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Nurses - Caterpillar Playground (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Nurses - Technicolor (MP3) Nurses The previously announced The Tallest Man On Earth tour is now underway, stopping in NYC on Tuesday 4/20..... more info

DrownedInSound — If your blood lusts after some kind of classic songwriting, but your Dylan is worn out (physically or mentally) then this should fill that void. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Pitchfork — This year's Pitchfork Music Festival comes to Chicago's Union Park July 16-18, and the lineup is already ridiculously stacked: Pavement, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene, Raekwon, and plenty more. And now it's time to fi... more info

Guardian Music — (Dead Oceans)It's an odd quirk that excellent English speakers from international schools pick up an American accent thanks to watching Hollywood movies. Swede Kristian Matsson (aka the Tallest Man ...) presumably learned English from listening to Hi... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS meets Kristian Matsson (a.k.a. The Tallest Man on Earth) in Barcelona. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Said the Gramophone — The Tallest Man on Earth - "Troubles Will be Gone" A lady in old dark clothes that hung big and soft on her body, with little points of light, little mirrors in her scarf, was handing this note out... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — I've always loved La-Blogotheque. As the site that originally turned me on to the Fleet Foxes, The Tallest Man on Earth, Arcade Fire, and Delta Spirit, I owe much of my current musical taste to them.And so, I must share their Local Natives sessions w... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Not only did the Sasquatch Festival folks avoid annoying the world by not unveiling acts in their lineup every six minutes, their bill even beats a somewhat lackluster Bonnaroo. Perhaps 'Roo set their bar too high with past festival lineups or swung... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 02-21 St. Malo, France - La Route Du Rock Festival02-26 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Slussen03-04 Hamburg, Germany - Astra Stube03-05 Berlin, Germany - NBI Club03-07 Den Bosch, Netherlands - fabrIQ Den Bosch *03-08 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Bitterzoet0... more info