May 07, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) is releasing a new album, Death Jokes, this Friday via Sub Pop, his first album for the label. Now he has shared its fourth single, “Rugby Child,” via a music video. More

Apr 10, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) is releasing a new album, Death Jokes, on May 10 via Sub Pop, his first album for the label. Now he has shared its third single, the nine-minute long “Round the World,” via a music video. He’s also announced some new tour dates. More

Mar 08, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2024. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were deep in deadline-mode finishing our new print issue, so this week’s Songs of the Week covers the last two weeks. To be honest, we are still putting the finishing touches on the issue today and tomorrow, but there were so many notable songs released in the last two weeks that we still had to find the time to do a Songs of the Week today. More

Mar 07, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) is releasing a new album, Death Jokes, on May 10 via Sub Pop, his first album for the label. Now he has shared its second single, “Boys,” via a music video. More

Feb 09, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 12 this week, narrowed down from the 20 songs we seriously considered. More

Feb 08, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) has announced a new album, Death Jokes, and shared its first single, “Purple Land,” via a music video. He’s also announced some new tour dates. More

Jul 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2021. The American music industry pretty took Monday off due to Sunday’s July 4th holiday, so we expected slimmer pickings this week. It was not to be, thanks for some exciting album announcements. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More

Jul 06, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) has teamed up with British duo Sleaford Mods (Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn) for a new song, “Feel Nothing.” It is his first single for Sub Pop, which has just announced they’ve signed Amen Dunes. More

Jun 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) released his acclaimed new album, Freedom, back in March via Scared Bones. Now he has shared a video for “Believe,” which a press release says is “a song about nostalgia, mortality, the passage of time, and the feminine powers that preside over life.” More

Apr 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2018 lineup. The festival goes down August 10 - 12 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The headliners are Florence + The Machine, Janet Jackson, and The Weeknd. More

Dec 08, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Musical artist Damon McMahon, a.k.a. Amen Dunes, has announced the release of a new EP, “Cowboy Worship.” More

Nov 12, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Le Guess Who? is exactly one week away, and the anticipation of our trip to Utrecht has hit a fever pitch. We’ve already featured mixes from Ought and SUUNS—both playing the Netherlands festival. Today we’re hearing from Amen Dunes. More

May 14, 2014 By Lauren Down

On his third studio album as Amen Dunes, Damon McMahon has created a melting pot of inviting tones rooted in the traditions of soul king Sam Cooke, the spirit of jazz’s First Lady Alice Coltrane, and the romance of Motown man Marvin Gaye. More