Julie Byrne

Long-running music blog Gorilla Vs Bear’s year-end lists are always pretty different from your average Best Albums list, albeit in a way that fits in with its trippy dreampop tastes. Their 2017 top spot goes to Yaeji for her pair of 2017 EPs…

Earlier this year, New Zealand bare-bones folk singer Nadia Reid released her sophomore album Preservation, the followup to 2015’s Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs. It’s a gorgeous, instantly-great album…

Best of the Year Season continues, having begun last week with Rough Trade Shops’ list…

The awesome lineup also includes Jenny Hval, Juana Molina, Julie Byrne, Kelly Lee Owens, Laurel Halo, Lightning Bolt, Rostam, Sam Amidon, Steve Gunn, and still much more.

Likeminds “brings together creative individuals from an array of disciplines for speakers during the day, music at night, incredible food, all you can drink beer/wine, yoga, swimming at the lake, and a site-specific pop-up shop.“

This week’s show includes new music from St. Vincent, LCD Soundsystem, Oh Sees, Grizzly Bear, Spoon, The National, plus a tribute to Can’s Holger Czukay and more.

Backed by a keyboardist and a violinist, folk singer Julie Byrne performed “I Live Now As A Singer” off her excellent new album Not Even Happiness. Watch…

Vagabon’s free NYC show this week has her backed by members of Mitski’s band, Mutual Benefit, Phantom Posse, and more.

Steve’s tour includes a free show in LA, Pickathon (where he’ll play four sets), and a free show in Philly with J Mascis.

Folk singer Julie Byrne released her gorgeous new album Not Even Happiness earlier this year, and she’s been playing a lot of shows in support of it. She just wrapped up a run with Kurt Vile, including a benefit show on Long Island (pics), and the day after that…