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11 Best Songs of the Week: John Grant, The Decemberists, Storefront Church, Bat For Lashes, and More

Plus Maya Hawke, Elbow, Julia Holter, Parsnip, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Mar 22, 2024

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip and Scott Dransfield both helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 11 this week, narrowed down from the 16 songs we seriously considered. More

Mar 18, 2024

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief is releasing a new solo album, Bright Future, this Friday via 4AD. Now she has shared another song from it, “Free Treasure.” More

8 Best Songs of the Week: Bat For Lashes, MGMT, Sunday (1994), Bonny Light Horseman, and More

Plus Adrianne Lenker, Khruangbin, Drahla, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Feb 23, 2024

Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 8 this week, narrowed down from the 20 songs we seriously considered. More

Adrianne Lenker Shares Video for New Song “Fool”

Bright Future Due Out March 22 via 4AD

Feb 20, 2024

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief is releasing a new solo album, Bright Future, on March 22 via 4AD. Now she has shared another song from it, “Fool.” It was shared via a video directed by Lenker’s brother, Noah Lenker. More

11 Best Songs of the Week: Yard Act, Kim Gordon, Adrianne Lenker, Jane Weaver, and More

Plus Boeckner, IDLES, Sam Evian, Tomato Flower, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jan 19, 2024

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list was fueled by lots of notable album announcements. More

Jan 17, 2024

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has announced a new solo album, Bright Future, and shared a new song from it, “Sadness as a Gift.” She has also announced a whole lot of North American tour dates for this summer and fall. More

7 Best Songs of the Week: IDLES, Still Corners, Adrianne Lenker, Yumi Zouma, and More

Plus J Mascis, Birthmark, Fat White Family, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Dec 15, 2023

Welcome to the 40th Songs of the Week of 2023. This will probably be the final Songs of the Week of 2023. More

Dec 05, 2023

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has shared a new solo song, “Ruined,” via a music video. She has also announced some new 2024 tour dates. More

Big Thief Announce New Album, Share New Single “Time Escaping”

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You Due Out February 11 via 4AD

Nov 16, 2021

Big Thief have announced the release of a new studio album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, which will be out on February 11 via 4AD. They have also shared a new single from the album, “Time Escaping.” More

Oct 06, 2021

Big Thief have shared a new song, “Change,” and have announced some new 2022 North American tour dates. The delicate song seems to tackle the passage of time and death. “Would you live forever, never die?/While everything around passes?” frontwoman Adrianne Lenker asks in the song, later singing: “Death/Like a door/To a place/We’ve never been before.” The new tour dates encompass next April and May. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. More

Big Thief Share New Song “Certainty”

New Single Out Now via 4AD

Sep 07, 2021

Big Thief have shared a new song, “Certainty.” It was recorded direct to four-track when there was a power outage for three days while they were recording with Sam Evian at Flying Cloud Recordings in the Catskills. Evian’s romantic partner Hannah Cohen adds harmonies to the track. More

Feb 04, 2021

Australian artist Indigo Sparke has just shared a video for a new song titled “Colourblind,” which is the latest single from her upcoming album, echo, out February 19 on Sacred Bones. The video, which is heavily inspired by the 1984 Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas, was co-directed by Sparke and cinematographer Monica Buscarino. More

Adrianne Lenker Shares New Video for “forwards beckon rebound”

songs and instrumentals Both Out Now via 4AD

Feb 04, 2021

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has released a new video for her song “forwards beckon rebound,” from her 2020 solo album songs. More

Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker Shares New Song “dragon eyes”

songs and instrumentals Both Out October 23 via 4AD

Oct 01, 2020

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief is releasing two new solo albums, one simply titled songs and another simply titled instrumentals, on October 23 via 4AD. Now she has shared another single from songs, “dragon eyes.” More

8 Best Songs of the Week: Deep Sea Diver, Arab Strap, Temples, Thurston Moore, and More

Plus John Jeffrey, Kevin Morby, BUMPER, Adrianne Lenker, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 04, 2020

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2020. This week’s list is a bit more scaled back than usual, but there was still much to like. More

Sep 02, 2020

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief has announced two new solo albums, one simply titled songs and another simply titled instrumentals, and has shared the former’s first single, “anything.” More

Nov 29, 2018

Big Thief singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker released a new solo album, abysskiss, back in October via Saddle Creek. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “symbol.” Adam Gundersheimer and V Haddad directed the clip, which was filmed in Coney Island. More

Joint Album of the Week: Madeline Kenney and Phosphorescent

Perfect Shapes Out Now via Carpark and C'est La Vie Out Now via Dead Oceans

Oct 05, 2018

This week we have a tie for Album of the Week, with both Madeline Kenney‘s Perfect Shapes and Phosphorescent‘s C’est La Vie taking the top spot. Below is info on both albums.

Oct 05, 2018

Big Thief singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker released a new solo album, abysskiss, today via Saddle Creek. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are her upcoming tour dates. More

Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief Shares New Solo Song “from”

abysskiss Due Out This Friday via Saddle Creek

Oct 02, 2018

Big Thief singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker is releasing a new solo album, abysskiss, this Friday (October 5) via Saddle Creek. Previously she shared its first two singles, “cradle” and “symbol.” Now she has shared another new song from the album, “from.” More

Sep 12, 2018

Big Thief singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker is releasing a new solo album, abysskiss, on October 5 via Saddle Creek. Now she has shared another new song from the album, “symbol,” and announced some new solo tour dates. More

Aug 07, 2018

Big Thief released their debut album, Masterpiece, in May 2016, and their sophomore album, Capacity, in June 2017, both via Saddle Creek. Now Big Thief’s singer/songwriter/guitarist Adrianne Lenker has announced a new solo album, abysskiss, and shared its first single, “cradle.” Abysskiss is due out October 5 via Saddle Creek. More




Reviews

Mar 22, 2024

Similar to Emily Sprague’s self-titled Florist album of a few years back, Adrianne Lenker’s woodshed approach on Bright Future brings warm and wonderful results. More

Oct 09, 2018

How does folk music pacify the way it does? All it is is centrally a combination of a guitar and a voice. Actor Sam Elliott’s character makes the fundamental observation in the 2018 remake of A Star is Born that, “Music is essentially 12 notes between any octave…. More