Saddle Creek

The lead single is "Sleep Easy," which, to get really specific, sounds to me like a cross between Kurt Vile's "Wakin On A Pretty Day" and The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane." As you may guess from that description, it's chilled-out, laid-back stuff...

For this year's highly acclaimed Painted Shut, Hop Along signed to Saddle Creek, and now the label announced that they will also re-press that album's excellent predecessor, Get Di......

Already this year, Tim Kasher has gone on a Cursive tour playing The Ugly Organ in full and contributed to the new Desaparecidos single, and now he's teaming back up with his band The Good Life for their first album in eight ye...

Hop Along at Wicker Park Fest 2014 (more by Jeff Ryan)

Hop Along have been playing new songs live for a while now, and they've finally announced that they've signed to Saddle Creek for the followup to their great 2012 album Get Disow......

Orenda Fink's been quite the prolific Saddle Creek artist for the past decade-plus. She spent time in the now-defunct (and missed) Now It's Overhead, she's in the long-running Azure Ray, has done one-off collaborations like Art in Manila (with members of The Anniversary, The Good Life…

As discussed, in addition to reissuing their three Sub Pop LPs this March, The Thermals are releasing a new album this year, and details on that have finally arrived...

As recently mentioned, Black Friday is also now Record Store Day so music nerds can have fun on the busiest shopping day of the year too. One place you might go, if you're in NYC, is Other Music who write:For those of you who are spending your holiday in New York City, Other Music will be parti…

today in NYC
* Whiplash @ UCB
* naked people @ UCB
* Hot Tub @ Littlefield
* Swingadelic @ Maxwell's
* Bjork @ Roseland Ballroom
* Daytona, Fenster @ Cake Shop
* Robert Johnson @ City Winery
* Gunfire-n-Sodomy @ Lit Lounge
* Dim Wist, Jon Leland @ Zebulon
* Shooter Jennings @ Hill Country
* New Music Obse…

Ben Kweller just toured through NYC, hitting the Rock Shop in Park Slope for two performances on Saturday night (11/27). Those who chose the early show were treated to guest appearances by both Adam Green and John Shade (who has a show coming up with Mountain Man)...

DOWNLOAD: The Myrnabirds - Numbers Don't Lie (MP3)



The Saddle Creek / Wichita CMJ showcase will take place at the Delancey in NYC on October 21st, and it looks something like this:...