Damien Jurado

and Rae Graham Playing essentially the same set they’ve begun taking across America, the version with “Hey Ya!” in the middle instead of left for desert, there were no hints of the awkwardness some saw in the hip-hop duo’s Coachella performance in April: just urgency…

Sasquatch! Music Festival is returning for two weekends in 2014 to The Gorge in Quincy, Washington, and the lineups (which are different both weekends) have just been announced…

Seattle songwriter Damien Jurado has announced that the followup to 2012’s Maraqopa, Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, will be out on January 21 via Secretly Canadian…

The 2013 Pygmalion Music Festival is slated to take place from September 26-28 at various venues throughout Champaign-Urbana, IL. Their initial lineup features The Breeders, Youth Lagoon, Major Lazer, Chance the Rapper, Foxygen, Daughter, Perfume Genius, Metz, On An On, Nat Baldwin, and many more, with a second artist announcement due in June…

Weary Engine Blues is the title of a forthcoming benefit album that pays tribute to Jason Molina who died last week. It will be released by Graveface Records and artists contributing Molina covers include Mark Kozelek, Will Oldham, Allo Darlin’, Scout Niblett, John Vanderslice, Jeffrey Lewis, Damien Jurado, Jonathan Meiburg (Sheerwater), Hospital Ships, Wave Pictures, and more…

Moby at Moogfest 2011 (more by Diana Wong) Moby was one of the commercially successful electronic musicians of yesteryear, but as popular taste shifted towards distorted synths and abrasive bass drops, Moby chose not to follow the pack…

Rough Trade Shop is always one of the first to list their top albums of the year, and their list is always a good one to look at. This year is no different…

On Wednesday night (11/7) Sharon Van Etten played her largest Chicago club show to date at Metro with support from tour/labelmate Damien Jurado…

Advance Base (the current project of Owen Ashworth formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) released his debut album for the project, A Shut-In’s Prayer, earlier this year…

Damien Jurado at Sasquatch 2012 (more by Chris Graham) Damien Jurado released his solid new album, Maraqopa, earlier this year and has spent much of the time since its release on the road…