Plus Thurston Moore, BNQT, Sylvan Esso, Little Cub, and Juliana Hatfield
Apr 28, 2017By Christopher Roberts
Here we highlight nine albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you've clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More
Sylvan Esso are releasing a new album, What Now, on April 28 via Loma Vista. They have already shared three songs from the album: "Radio," "Kick Jump Twist," and "Die Young." Now "Radio" has a video that follows a young woman out on the town. More
The Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival has announced its 2017 lineup. The festival is put together by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and The National's Aaron Dessner. This is the third year and it goes down June 16-17 in Eau Claire, WI (a shift from the last two festivals, which were in August). More
Plus Sylvan Esso and Wasner Cover Gillian Welch, To Be Released as Split 7-inch in November
Jun 18, 2015By Christopher Roberts
Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner has been out on tour with Sylvan Esso under her Flock of Dimes guise. They both stopped by the A.V. Club offices to take part on their A.V. Undercovervideo series where bands pick a song to cover from a predetermined list (it's in its sixth season). Wasner picked Crowded House's 1986 classic "Don't Dream It's Over" and Sylvan Esso backed her. Sylvan Esso chose Gillian Welch's 2001 song "Everything is Free" and were aided by Wasner. More
For the eleventh year now Champaign-Urbana, Illinois will host the Pygmalion Festival. 2015's initial lineup has been revealed and it features iconic British shoegazers Ride, Purity Ring, tUnE-yArDs, Sylvan Esso, Zola Jeus, Strand of Oaks, Ryley Walker, Bully, White Reaper, and more. More
On April 15, Sylvan Esso played Los Angeles’ Regent Theater as a stop between the two Coachella weekends. Our photographer Robert Redfield was there to take it all in. More
Electronic minimalism is often a difficult thing to master. If the artist gets it right, it can capture that human emotion that computers are so prone to sidestep. If they get it wrong, however, the listener is left wanting something more substantial, something meatier to get their teeth into. More
