Joanna Newsom

Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2015

You saw their songs and their honorable mentions, and now Pitchfork‘s Top 50 Albums of 2015 list is here. Like with the song list, “records released this year and records that made their greatest impact in 2015 were eligible,” which allows for things like D’Angelo‘s late 201…

Joanna Newsom played The Apollo with Alela Diane and Ryan Francesconi, interviewed by Larry King (pics, video)

“Joanna Newsom’s performance at the Apollo last night gave chills & there were a few moments where it was so beautiful I teared up” – Dan Berni……

Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs of 2015

Pitchfork have published their 100 Best Tracks of 2015 list. The criteria was “any track that was released in 2015 or had its greatest impac…

Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold will debut an all-new solo set on tour with Joanna Newsom in 2016, covered The Five Keys

In the spring of 2014, Robin Pecknold posted an update saying he was working on new Fleet Foxes music. We still haven’t heard any of that, but here’s something else to look forw…

The FADER list their 107 favorite songs of 2015

Like last year, The FADER have listed their favorite tracks of the year. They picked 107, “because 100 just wasn’t enough.” It’s got two Drake songs in the top 10, and a Skepta song cracks it too (grime in general is pretty well-rep…

Joanna Newsom brought her 'Divers' tour to Kings Theatre (review, setlist)

Joanna Newsom began the North American leg of her tour in Boston on Sunday, and then hit Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre last night (12/7) for her first NYC show since playing Carnegie Hall in 2…

Joanna Newsom on tour with Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi, playing Chicago this month

In the live setting last night, not only fit perfectly with all of her other material, they often highlighted the set. Sandwiched in between two of her most massive songs to date (“Emily” and “Have One On Me”), “Waltz of the 101st Lightborne” had the same show-stopping effect as those songs, with Ryan and Mirabi’s guitar and violin flourishes popping out as much as Joanna’s own presence…

Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2015

Rolling Stone has published their list of the Top 50 Albums of 2015. As always, it has older artists who don’t seem to pop up on many other lists (Madonna, Darlene Love, Mark Knopfler, Boz Scaggs, Keith Richards, James Taylor, Don Henley) (did you even know Don Henley released an album this y…

Gorilla vs Bear's Top 50 Albums of 2015 (including Women offshoot Cindy Lee -- listen)

Gorilla vs Bear has published his Top 50 Albums of 2015 list, writing, “We feel pretty confident proclaiming 2015 the best year for new music this decade, and we’d even go so far as to say it’s been arguably our favorite year in the history of this s…

Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2015

The new issue of UK music mag Uncut is out now, and it includes their Top 75 Albums of 2015 list. Like fellow UK mags MOJO and Q, they’ve got a lot of love for Julia Hol…
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