MANAGEMENT – Laura Veirs announced her new album My Echo and released the song “Burn Too Bright,” written for Richard Swift. My Echo is available to pre-order now on limited edition pink and clear splatter vinyl and bundle including t-shirt, lyric and TAB book, signed postcard, and access to the release day live stream. LISTEN

At the 2018 Newport Folk Festival, Fruit Bats‘ Eric D. Johnson curated the special set “Beneath the Sacred Mountain” featuring the Spacebomb House Band, Phil Cook, Josh Kaufman, Matthew E. White, James Mercer of the Shins, and more. As a part of their Newport Folk Revival Radio series this weekend, you can hear the set air at 3pm EDT on Saturday, August 1st. Johnson also guested on “If I Had A Song” from the 2019 festival, singing “Suite Judy Blue Eyes” with Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes and Mercer, which airs at 6pm on Sunday, August 2nd. MORE INFO

PUBLISHING – Darren Jessee has revealed “Cape Elizabeth,” the first single from his forthcoming album, Remover. LISTEN

The NBA 2K21 soundtrack has been announced and Pure Bathing Culture‘s “Dream the Dare” is on it alongside tracks by The Weeknd, Juice WRLD, and The Strokes.