FLOOD

“Serial” the TV Show Is Coming

Art & CultureFilm + TV

Also, keep an ear out for the two new stories coming from the original podcast this fall.

Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Staff Picks

Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of September 28–October 2, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

RSVP: Free Entry to Politicon in Los Angeles

Art & CultureEvents

Featuring “The Daily Show”‘s Trevor Noah, “VEEP”‘s Tony Hale, and more.

There’s a Beastie-Boys-Related “Star Wars” Character

Film + TV

You see I walk like Jabba The Hutt, with the style so new y’all be like what

LISTEN: Tinariwen Share “Tinde Final” From Upcoming “Live In Paris, Oukis N’Asuf’”

Tinariwen perform on Day Two of Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

The Tuareg desert-rockers’ live set is out November 20 on Wedge.

LIVE-STREAM: Austin City Limits Music Festival This Weekend

All of the music, none of the heat.

Lewis Black and “The Tonight Show” Writing Staff Added to the New York Comedy Festival

2015. Lewis Black on “The Daily Show.” Photo courtesy of Comedy Central

Art & Culture

The festival takes over NYC from November 10–15.

WATCH: Here We Go Magic Take You to “Tokyo London US Korea”

Here We Go Magic “Tokyo London US Korea” video

“Be Small” drops October 16 on Secretly Canadian.

WATCH: Bully Bums Around Nashville in “Too Tough” Video

Mercifully avoiding Lower Broadway.

PREMIERE: Wade in the Water with Jacky Winter in “Half of It” Video

Jacky Winter “Half of It” video screengrab

“The Nails” EP is out November 6.

LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Wilco at Stubb’s BBQ in Austin (9/30/2015)

Events

Playing the original motion picture soundtrack to “Star Wars.”

Join Yoko Ono in Attempting to Create the World’s Largest Human Peace Sign Next Week

2015. Yoko Ono and kids with the Lennon bus. Photo courtesy of The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

Art & Culture

The event comes as part of The John Lennon Bus’s 2015 New York residency.

Brian Wilson to Celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of “Pet Sounds” with a Complete Performance at Levitation Fest 2016

2016. Levitation preview video screenshot

Animal Collective, Flying Lotus, Ty Segall, Lee “Scratch” Perry, and more have also been announced in the preview of the lineup to hit Austin April 29–May 1.

Legendary Composer John Carpenter Will Make Live Performance Debut at ATP Iceland

John Carpenter / 2014 / credit: Kyle Cassidy

Sacred Bones will release a remix version of his “Lost Themes” LP

Ahead of Season Five, Lena Dunham Says that Season Six of “Girls” Will Be Its Last

2012. Girls pilot screenshot Lena Dunham

Film + TV

“Never say never, but that is the way that we’re thinking about it right now.”

The Velvet Underground’s “Complete Matrix Tapes” To Be Released

Velvet Underground Complete Matrix Tapes header

The 4-CD set includes nine previously unreleased tracks.

STREAM: Line & Circle “Split Figure” Album Premiere

2015. Line and Circle press photo cred Megan McIsaac

The LA band’s debut full-length “Split Figure” is out October 2 via Grand Gallop Music.