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Festival Will Take Place July 21–23 at Chicago’s Union Park; Lineup Also Features Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, and More
Mar 20, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Pitchfork Music Festival has announced their 2023 lineup. The Smile, Big Thief, and Bon Iver will be headlining. Other acts include Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, Nation of Language, and more. More
Plus Lonnie Holley and Michael Stipe, Vagabon, Young Fathers, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 13, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2023. After a quiet period last week, this week was roaring with album announcements and new songs. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More
Jan 12, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has shared a new song, “Carpenter.” Rostam produced the song. More
Squeeze Due Out February 25 via Domino
Oct 26, 2021
By Joey Arnone
SASAMI (aka Los Angeles-based musician Sasami Ashworth) has announced the release of a new album titled Squeeze. It will be out on February 25 via Domino. Ashworth has also shared videos for two new singles: “The Greatest” and “Skin a Rat,” and has announced a headlining U.S. tour for 2022. Jennifer Juniper Stratford directed the video for “The Greatest” and Andrew Thomas Huang (FKA twigs, Björk) both directed the “Skin a Rat” visual and shot the album’s cover art. More
epic Ten Due Out April 16 via Ba Da Bing
Apr 01, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Sharon Van Etten has shared a cover of “Don’t Do It,” originally featured on her 2010 Epic album, performed by Courtney Barnett and featuring Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko). The new cover is the fifth song release from her upcoming anniversary album, epic Ten, which will be out on April 16 via Ba Da Bing. More
Vagabon Also Announces a New Livestream Concert
Jan 07, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has teamed up with Courtney Barnett to cover Karen Dalton’s version of “Reason to Believe” (the very original 1965 version of the song was by Tim Hardin). Vagabon has also announced a livestream concert. More
The Turning Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Out Now via KRO/Sony Music Masterworks
Jan 24, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has shared a new song, “The Wild.” It is taken from the soundtrack to the horror film The Turning, which is a more modern version of Henry James’ 1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw. More
Vagabon Out Now via Nonesuch
Jan 21, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) released a new self-titled album last October via Nonesuch. Now she has announced some new North American tour dates for this spring. More
Dec 17, 2019
By Mark Moody
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has just recently passed the mark of having lived in the U.S. as long as in her native Cameroon. In the brief 13 years that have passed since her immigration to America, Tamko has taught herself guitar, graduated college, and in 2017 released her first album, the critically acclaimed Infinite Worlds. More
Plus Michael Kiwanuka, Little Scream, Matt Berninger, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 18, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was a pretty light week, in terms of new songs this week. Hence we only have a Top 8. More
Vagabon Due Out This Friday via Nonesuch
Oct 14, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) is releasing a new self-titled album this Friday (October 18) via Nonesuch. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Every Woman,” via a video for the track. More
Plus Vagabon, Cigarettes After Sex, Iggy Pop, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 30, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. Usually we have a Top 10, but last week it was a Top 13 and the week before it was a Top 12. This week, however, the pickings were slimmer and the best we could muster was a Top 9. More
Vagabon Due Out October 18 via Nonesuch
Aug 27, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) is releasing a new self-titled album on October 18 via Nonesuch. Now she has shared another song from it, “Water Me Down.” More
Plus Bruce Springsteen, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Purple Mountains, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 14, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We couldn’t quite limit it to a Top 10 this week, there were enough strong new tracks to stretch it to a Top 11. There were several notable albums announced this week, which meant a lot of strong new singles to choose from. More
All the Women in Me Due Out September 27 via Nonesuch
Jun 13, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has announced a new album, All the Women in Me, and shared its first single, “Flood Hands.” More
Vagabon to Support Most Dates
May 14, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Angel Olsen has announced some fall North American tour dates that will be her first full band tour since 2017. They include shows across the country in October, November, and December. Vagabon will support most dates. More
Tell Me How You Really Feel Due Out May 18 via Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists/Milk! Records
Feb 20, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett is releasing a new album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, on May 18 via Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists/Milk! Records. Previously she shared its first single, “Nameless, Faceless,” via a video for the song. (It was our #1 Song of the Week.) Now she has announced some new North American tour dates to go down this July. More
Interviews
Dec 17, 2019
By Mark Moody
Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has just recently passed the mark of having lived in the U.S. as long as in her native Cameroon. In the brief 13 years that have passed since her immigration to America, Tamko has taught herself guitar, graduated college, and in 2017 released her first album, the critically acclaimed Infinite Worlds. More
Reviews
Oct 18, 2019
By Mark Moody
Performing under the pseudonym Vagabon, Lætitia Tamko truly operates as a one-woman show on her self-titled sophomore album. Tamko was dealt more than a handful of setbacks in getting her latest release out into the world. More