Brooklyn Vegan — Yeasayer at Osheaga 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) today in NYC * Birdy @ Joe's Pub * Big Terrific @ Cameo * Louie Belogenis @ The Stone * Project Fukushima @ The Stone * The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes *... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Forbes lists the world's top-earning authors. The Awl reviews white noise recordings. The New York Times remembers children's author Jean Merrill. NPR is streaming the new Yeasayer album, Fragrant World (out August 21st). Pitchfork glowingly reviews ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo Garbage/Feist/JAMC at Osheaga - 8/4/12 Nineties alt-rock heroes Garbage returned this year with a new album, a refreshed attitude and a Shirley Manson who looked like she hasn't aged a day in her life. What's more... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, Yeasayer, Teengirl Fantasy, and Ariel Pink. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Even when its subject matter plunges into otherworldly thickets of doom, Yeasayer stays sprightly. On Fragrant World, it makes playful party music for worried minds and uncertain futures. Yeasayer's new album, Fragrant World, comes out August 2... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Metro profiles the band Yeasayer. The buzz that surrounded their debut album (2007's surreally rootsy All Hour Cymbals) was mingled with intrigue. Yeasayer's songs are restless, magnetic affairs, driven by exotic percussion and Keating's contorted vo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sinkane w/ Yeasayer at Jones Beach in 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Yeasayer drummer Sinkane will be holding a residency at Brooklyn venue Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave) every Monday in August with different special guests each night. The residency... more info

Nialler9 — The best of new album streams this week in A-Z form. See recent album streams in the category page. Blonds – The Bad Ones Bonde Do Role – Tropicalbacanal Disclosure – The Face Remixes Eugene McGuinness – The Invitation to The Voyage … Rea... more info

78s — Yeasayer haben am 1. August eine Song-Schnitzeljagd lanciert: Sie haben auf diversen Webseiten Youtube-Streams aller Songs vom neuen Album “Fragrant World” platziert. Yeasayer haben folgendes Statement veröffentlicht: HEADING: PSCYVOTV FROM: YEA... more info

KEXP Seattle — Yeasayer have created an internet video scavenger hunt, dubbed PSCYVOTV, to promote their new album Fragrant World, due out August 21 via Secretly Canadian. According to a press release, the band will be releasing “visual videos” created by Japan... more info