Hometown hero Kurt Vile and the Violators rocked a sold out crowd at today's Free at Noon concert. Vile recently released his fifth studio album Walkin In A Pretty Daze on April 9th and he and his band, The Violators, are playing a headlining show at Union Transfer on May 18th. Go here for tickets to the show. Check out the photo gallery above, the set list below and click here to listen to show. Photos by Rachel Del Sordo and John Bartol. Kurt [...]
Written by Zach North Kurt Vile is cursed. His name is simply too easy to riff with stupid puns. “His name may be Vile, but his music is anything but!” You get the picture. His touring band is called the ... Continued
Kurt Vile - 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze' (UK Release: 8 April '13) // Words: Rajan Lakhani Looking at the length of the tracks, 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze' may seem an intimidating prospect. There are seven tracks over the five minute mark, with the opening track 'Wakin On A Pretty Day' coming in at nearly ten minutes. Yet, somehow after listening to it, you haven’t felt that such a period of time has elapsed – the melodies retain your attention [...]
El de Philadelphia la está haciendo. Al paso que va empieza a constituirse en una figura importante del folk, siguiendo la huella de figuras insignes como Neil Young, Tom Petty o Johnny Cash, aunque por derroteros distintos. El tono lánguido de su voz con rítmica simple y agradable en lo instrumental da cuenta de esa influencia indie lo-fi de Pavement, el Beck más reposado y acústico o el Bill Callahan del nuevo milenio -que ya le valió un reconocimiento mayor con su anterior disco Smoke ring for my halo (Matador, 2011)- y que ahora en este quinto álbum, [...]
With no great departure from his previous efforts. Vile delivers eleven songs that could have only been made my someone from the other side of the Atlantic.
One of the most eclectic lineups in the US, Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, will be back for 2013 on September 5 -7 . Pulling from all genres, this year's line-up includes names like Big Boi (who plays NYC tonight ), Spiritualized , Sleep , Wolf Eyes ( who have a new video ), The Breeders (performing Last Splash ), John Cale , Kurt Vile & the Violators , Gorguts , Inter Arma (who play NYC on Saturday ), Double [...]
"With instrumental music the expanse of relateability is essentially endless." With their most recent release, Stranger, american experimental-folk-band BALMORHEA once again headed for new territories. There's rarely any other band out there at the moment, which captures different moods and vibes by the means of pure instrumental music and turn it into absolutely stunning records The post Interview: Balmorhea - "One can always log-off, tune out and just play old vinyls!" appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
If I'm really being honest with myself, I might be a little too laid back for my own good. Somewhere deep down, possibly somewhere in the spirally centers of my DNA structure, is an unwavering pull toward all things settled. The unshakeable tendency to lounge. To lay back, and drift and daydream and let all the bullshit blow away in the breeze. In making the transition to adulthood though, some things have had to change. I comb my hair on most days. I drink coffee from time to time, and occasionally I'm even on time to stuff. Shit, I don't [...]
On his latest full-length, Philly singer-songwriter Kurt Vile shows more ambition through his approach to psychedelic folk with longer songs, detailed instrumentation, and sublime production. WATCH THE REVIEW
Over the last month Robert Plant and his latest band, The Sensational Space Shifters, have been appearing on a handful of festival bills, including the ones for High Sierra and the inaugural edition of JamBase Live. So it just seemed like a matter of time before the former Band of Joy front man would drop a full slate of North American dates to keep him busy between fest slots. Yesterday we got just that, as news surfaced that Plant & Co. have lined up a 16-date headlining run that kicks off at the Palladium [...]
With what is arguably his best release only a few weeks old, local musician Kurt Vile brings his Violators to World Cafe Live next Friday for a Free at Noon performance. Wakin' On A Pretty Daze has catapulted the psych rock / singer-songwriter to national attention, receiving high marks from Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound and ... Continue reading
I’m not a morning person. At all. It’s hard for me to fall asleep and it’s hard for me to wake up. What happens in between those two moments, however, pretty much encapsulates the gauzy meanderings of Kurt Vile’s latest album, Wakin On A Pretty Daze (Matador Records) is a winsome, deceptively breezy album that [...]
Frank Yang Objectively speaking, there's not a world of difference between Widowspeak's 2011 self-titled debut or the follow-up Almanac , released in January of this year. You can file them both quite comfortably under "the soundtrack to dreams of dusty country roads", not too far from lazy but not inaccurate reference points Mazzy Star and Cat Power, but something about Almanac grabs me the way that Widowspeak , as much as I dug it , didn't. And it's not something as simple as they're getting [...]
Kurt Vile - Waking on a Pretty Daze, Matador Records BY KEVIN MUELLER "Go ahead tell me 'Hello' or 'Fuck you'/ Whatever introduction suits you/ I ain't tryin to fight/ I'm just trying to ride this train to make it home tonight," a distraught Kurt Vile grumbles on "Freak Train," the druggy, chugging masterpiece off 20092s Childish Prodigy . Hard to imagine that four short years later the same person would release a breezy, blissful record with warm guitar tones and space, so much space. Vile certainly sounds like [...]
Who: Kurt Vile and the Violators at the Outdoor Theatre In 3 or Fewer Words: No violations here. Memorable Because: It was the calm before the storm. Just an hour before the high-speed winds and sand wreaked havoc on festival-goers, Kurt Vile and the Violators were playing to a crowd bathing in the sunshine. With a slight breeze in the air, it was the perfect moment to lie on the field with your eyes closed or sway to the reverb that wafted out from the stage before the wind possessed everyone's body movements. Vile [...]
Including Outside Lands and 4Knots Festival this summer. The post Kurt Vile announces more tour dates appeared first on Treble: Music news, reviews, interviews and more .
Stepping aside from The War On Drugs (his band, not the actual war on drugs! I mean we can only expect so much of our contemporary indie pin ups!) Kurt Vile has showered April with his fifth solo album Wakin On A Pretty Daze . After picking up steam alongside a bunch of critical accolades in 2011 for his last LP Smoke Ring For My Halo. The head Violater has followed up his most succesful solo effort with quite possibly his most ambitious one. Opening up the record [...]
View the full roster here. Walkin On A Pretty Daze is out now. Purchase Kurt Vile items via Insound. MP3: Kurt Vile - Never Run Away
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: White Denim, Kurt Vile, The War on Drugs Song: Matermathu - Brick City Blues [download here ] What's so good? [...]
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