Mark Kozelek brings out the emotional big guns on "Track Number 8".
Probablemente el nombre Sun Kil Moon , no se les haga familiar, ni tampoco que ese es el proyecto actual de Mark Kozelek y que de 1989 al 2001 fue el cantante una banda llamada Red House Painters de la llamada ola de sadcore . Sun Kil Moon bajo la dirección de Mark, desde el 2003 han sacado 6 discos entre EP's, reediciones y LP's. Incluso su canción "Heron Blue" salió enun trailer del famoso [...]
The former Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek, recording under his Sun Kil Moon alias, has a new album called Among The Leaves coming out in a couple of months. We've already posted the absolutely excellent leadoff track " Sunshine In Chicago ." And now, we've got another track from the album: "Track Number 8," which actually appears as track number 11 on the LP. It's a gorgeous, plainspoken lament about how difficult it can be to write a song. Mark Kozelek should really try becoming a professional blogger; it'll cure anyone of writer's [...]

Mark Kozelek is back with another preview of Sun Kil Moon' s upcoming fifth studio album, Among the Leaves . "Track Number 83, which is actually the LP's 11th track sequentially, features a romantic, folklorico-inspired guitar. Belying the dreamy instrumentation, the lyrics focus on the hardships of life as a vulnerable and emotionally available songwriter, with Kozelek referencing fallen comrades from Elliott Smith to Shannon Hoon. Stream it below (via Paste ). Among the Leaves is due out May 29th via Kozelek's [...]
I Eat Stars Singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek is readily preparing a new full-length record under his Sun Kil Moon moniker. Among the Leaves looks to be a solid entry to an already impressive discography from the former Red House Painters frontman. The first preview, a song called Sunshine in Chicago, finds Kozelek in familiar territory. It’s not quite as depressing or grandiose as anything from the

Sun Kil Moon – “Sunshine in Chicago” I’ve been on quite the Mark Kozelek binge lately, eating up everything from old Red House Painters records that I had never heard ( Rollercoaster , Ocean Beach ) as well as revisiting my favorites from his more recent solo and Sun Kil Moon work. It looks as if I’ll be able to continue my bender far into this year, because I was happily surprised to discover yesterday that he’s got [...]

Mark Kozelek, the man behind the vehicle Sun Kil Moon always seems to be flying under the radar. His no frills approach to his craft has resulted in some wonderful tunes over the years, but his name and the moniker under which he performs have managed to elude anything that resembles a spotlight. That said, it should come as no surprise that his latest effort showed once again with little fanfare - serving as a most pleasant surprise on a Tuesday morning. "Sunshine in Chicago" is the first single from his upcoming LP, Among the Leaves [...]

As previously reported, Mark Kozelek will release his fifth album under the Sun Kil Moon moniker, Among The Leaves , on May 29th via his own Caldo Verde Records. We've already heard a live recording of "Sunshine In Chicago" , and now Pitchfork brings us the studio version. It features a breezy, folky guitar part paired with Kozelek's signature self-deprecating mumble ("My band played here a lot in the '90s, when we had lots of female fans/Fuck they all were cute; now I just sign posters for guys in tiny shoes"). Find the stream [...]

Mark Kozelek releases a first taste of Among The Leaves .
Bajo el nombre de Sun Kil Moon se esconde Mark Kozelek, un cantautor estadounidense con más de 20 años de trayectoria musical. Según podemos leer en su web oficial, publicará su quinto disco de estudio con el citado nombre el próximo 29 de mayo. Se llamará Among The Leaves y será editado por Caldo Verde Records . Las 17 canciones que componen el nuevo trabajo fueron grabadas entre octubre de 2011 y enero de este año en San Francisco. El título viene inspirado por una novela del escritor irlandés [...]
In a few months, Red House Painters mastermind Mark Kozelek will return with Around The Leaves , the latest album under his Sun Kil Moon moniker. As Beats Per Minute points out , there's a lengthy description of the new album on the Caldo Verde Records site, which claims that Kozelek mostly recorded the new LP on nylon-string guitar, and that it involves Kozelek "singing playfully." This could be interesting, seeing as how Kozelek is not usually a barrel of laughs. We've got the tracklist below. Read More...

Desertshore: Drawing Of Threes - While primarily being an instrumental duo from San Francisco, Desertshore 's Drawing Threes adds the talents of Mark Kozelek to the mix. If you happened upon this band like I did and heard Red House Painters all over it, there's a good reason for that: Phil Carney, the guitarist, played guitar in Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon . So while this record has Kozelek moonlighting on 6 out of 10 songs, they're still primarily instrumental... more or [...]

Caldo Verde Records revealed details about Mark Kozelek's next record as Sun Kil Moon today, in which he'll follow up 20102s Admiral Fell Promises with another nylon string guitar-based set: Among the Leaves , 17 original tracks he began recording "impulsively, without second guessing" last fall/winter and completed in January. The most intriguing bit described in the announcement (via BPM ), however, is that the LP is said to display "a more raw and humorous side" of Kozelek's notoriously melancholic style. One scan through the tracklist and a few song titles should give you [...]

5 Songs is a weekly series where we point out the strange, the grand, and the unique connections between our favorite songs. Let’s get weird. Words by Chris Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, there was always this weird anti-Ohio attitude that cut deeply. Although without Ohio, none of us in Beaver County, living on the border, would be drinking any beer in high school. So thanks, East Palestine, for your beat-up 7-Elevens. It’s a [...]
The former Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon guitarist Phil Carney now leads the band Desertshore, and he's tapped his former boss in both those bands, depression-rock godhead Mark Kozelek, to sing and play bass on new Desertshore album Drawing Of Threes . We've already posted one track from that album, " Mercy ." Now here's another: The similarly crushing six-minute wallow "Diana." Read More...
Desertshore is the band led by the former Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon guitarist Phil Carney. And on Desertshore's new album Drawing Of Threes , Carney recruited his former frontman in both of those bands to sing and play bass. Below, listen to "Mercy," a prettily downbeat album track that sounds just about right on a rainy Friday afternoon. Read More...

Stream: Desertshore ft. Mark Kozelek: “Mercy” For his sophomore LP with keyboardist Chris Connolly as Desertshore, ex-Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon guitarist Phil Carney recruited his former frontman to sing lead vocals and play bass for several cuts on the 10-track effort. While the result of their latest collaboration, Drawing of Threes , won’t arrive in full until November 22, today you can hear a preview of Mark Kozelek stepping out of the shadows of last year’s more subdued SKM record on “Mercy,” an understated [...]
ARMS play their version of Sun Kil Moon's 'Carry Me Ohio' for the Voice Project

evening! hope everyone has had a lovely week. mine? oh just dandy, thanks for askin... had a request for this, and since i dont really have anything ready to post, figure i would grant the request. its a lovely soundboard, and he's actually pretty talkative, which is shocking to me cause every time i have seen him he's been about as entertaining as morning diarrhea. sure the music is always awesome, but, yeah.... "pancho villa" is particularly beautiful, imo. 1. blank track 2. grace cathedral park 3. dragonflies [...]

Heirlooms of August - wat is dat toch een onmogelijke bandnaam. Ik zou achter een dergelijke naam een symfonische band verwachten. Of iets in de gothic-hoek. Maar nee, de man achter Heirlooms of August is Jerry Vessel. Jesse speelde in de Red House Painters en maakte ook deel uit van de live-uitvoering van Sun Kil Moon . Al die jaren aan de zijde van Mark Kozelek hebben hun sporen nagelaten op het debuut van Heirlooms of August. Forever The Moon is somber en introspectief als het beste werk van Kozelek. Opvallend is dat Vessel’s vocalen bijna identiek zijn aan [...]