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Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh Due Out This Friday via Ghostly International
Nov 15, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Julie Byrne is releasing a new collaborative EP, Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh, this Friday via Ghostly International. Now she has shared its second single, “22.” More
Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh Due Out November 17 via Ghostly International; Plus Listen to Jackson Browne Cover "These Days"
Oct 18, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Julie Byrne has announced a new collaborative EP, Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh, and shared its first single, “Velocity! What About The Inertia!?” More
Plus Lightning Dust, Glasser, Julie Byrne, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 09, 2023
By Mark Redfern (with Kat Ramkumar)
Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2023. The theme this week was horns, three of the songs in the Top 4 feature some sort of brass instrument (saxophone, etc.). Stricken with indecision, we settled on a Top 13 this week. More
The Greater Wings Due Out July 7 via Ghostly International
Jun 06, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Julie Byrne is releasing a new album, The Greater Wings, on July 7 via Ghostly International. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “Moonless.” More
Plus Kieran Hebden and William Tyler, Nation of Language, Julie Byrne, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 19, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 18th Songs of the Week of 2023. We have a strong Top 4 this week, even though it wasn’t the most active seven days for new tracks. More
The Greater Wings Due Out July 7 via Ghostly International
May 17, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Julie Byrne is releasing a new album, The Greater Wings, on July 7 via Ghostly International. Now she has shared the album’s title track, “The Greater Wings.” More
Plus The Clientele, Julie Byrne, Beach House, Protomartyr, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 28, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were a few notable album announcements this week that provided some fodder for this list, but there was also an album out today that we love and pulled two songs from. More
The Greater Wings Due Out July 7 via Ghostly International
Apr 24, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Julie Byrne has announced a new album, The Greater Wings, and shared its first single, “Summer Glass,” via a music video. She’s also announced some tour dates. The Greater Wings is Byrne’s first new album in six years. More
Plus James Blake, Maxband, Julie Byrne and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 16, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Caleb Campbell and Stephen Axeman)
Welcome to the 40th Songs of the Week of 2020. Last week we had a supersized Songs of the Week because it covered two weeks’ worth of songs. This week’s list is supersized because there were so many great tracks shared in the last seven days. Thus this week we’ve got a Top 12 (and could’ve easily had a Top 13 or 14) instead of a Top 10, as well as a lot of honorable mentions. More
Part of Looking Glass Series via Mexican Summer
Oct 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Julie Byrne and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma have teamed up for the new track “Love’s Refrain,” which is a new version of Cantu-Ledesma 2016-released instrumental song of the same name, this time featuring lyrics and vocals by Byrne. More
New Series of Record Releases and Collaborations to Also Feature Devendra Banhart, Jay Som, Ramy Youssef, and More
Aug 04, 2020
By Jennifer Irving
Today, Secretly (the label group featuring Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, and Secretly Canadian) has announced Friends Of, a new collaborative effort that will be a series of special releases from artists, some part of the labels and others not. The first installment in the series will be Ryan Hemsworth’s Pout EP, out August 28th on Jagjaguwar, and they have shared its first single, “Keep Touch (Ft. Leland Whitty).” More
A Round-Up of Artists We’re Excited to See at the Chicago Festival
Jul 20, 2018
By Timothy Michalik
There’s a very specific aesthetic that fills the air of Pitchfork Music Festival. You could blame it on the slightly pretentious nature of the multimedia behemoth, or the dozens of record shop pop-ups scattered within the tent filled merchandise area. But what really seems to be that aesthetic is the overall energy found within the gates of Chicago’s Union Park. That energy is mellow, obsessive, and ridiculously easygoing. More
Raleigh, NC Festival in September Also Features MC50, Liz Phair, Moses Sumney, Gang Gang Dance, Waxahatchee, and Others
May 15, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Raleigh, North Carolina’s Hopscotch Music Festival has announced its initial 2018 lineup. Highlights include Grizzly Bear, Belle and Sebastian, Miguel, Real Estate, MC50 performing MC5’s Kick Out the Jams, Liz Phair, Moses Sumney, Gang Gang Dance, More
Plus Julien Baker, The War on Drugs, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Blood Orange, Japanese Breakfast, Kelly Lee Owens, Moses Sumney, Lucy Dacus, Big Thief, and More
Mar 13, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Chicago’s the Pitchfork Music Festival has been slowly announcing their lineup via a mural with the artists’ names being painted on it over the last few weeks. Now the final and full lineup has been revealed for the festival, which goes down July 20 to 22 in Chicago’s Union Park. More
Twin Peaks Revival Comes to Showtime May 21
Feb 23, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
The iconic early ‘90s TV show Twin Peaks co-created by David Lynch and Mark Frost is returning to screens May 21 with a brand new season on Showtime that’s being co-written and directed by Lynch and features much of the original cast. More
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