Mount Eerie

Fujiya & Miyagi will be in North America for dates in the spring.

From Perfume Genius to Kendrick Lamar to Power Trip to Julien Baker, here are our 50 favorite albums of 2017.

Usual suspects like Kendrick, SZA, and Lorde, and some more surprising stuff too.

As always, NPR’s list mixes the pop/rock/rap/electronic/etc choices that most lists have with jazz, contemporary classical, and other stuff you may not have heard of.

Drake, Lana Del Rey, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Lorde, Julien Baker, Bjork, Fever Ray & more crack Pitchfork’s 50 best albums of 2017 list.

Kevin also has a few shows coming up before the year ends, including two special shows in NYC.

Kendrick Lamar appears on the list four times, including at #2 for “DNA.”… can you guess who beats him for #1?

As usual, Uncut‘s list has some similarities to their sister publication MOJO, but they have some other surprises in store too.

The 2018 edition of San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival happens February 19 – 25 and they’ve announced the initial lineup which includes Tune-Yards, Real Estate, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Parquet Courts…

Phil Elverum brought the songs of his latest release as Mount Eerie, the heartbreaking A Crow Looked At Me, to Brooklyn’s Murmrr Theatre on Monday (9/11) night.