About a year ago, it seemed likeKurt Vilewas releasing a record every week. Between 7"s, EPs, and his debut full-lengthChildish ProdigyforMatador, he ...
will be competing with Iggy and the Stooges, Mudhoney, Sleep and the Scientists, who fill out the Don't Look Back portion of the festival on the same ...
acoustic guitars on the opening tracks. But he's also on more familiarAtlas Soundterritory judging by the minimal techno influence that ripples throug...
It's already apparent that Kurt Vile'sSmoke Ring for My Halois likely to figure heavily in the end-of-year best-of lists for 2011, and this clip offer...
a double dose of shambling guitar music. Acoustic in-store dates: 03.01 Boston, MA: Newbury Comics 03.02 Washington, DC: Red Onion Records and Books 0...
Last month, we posted a contemplative strummer called "Not Enough" from J. Mascis' forthcoming 2011 release,Several Shades of Why(March 15). This spri...
Philly-based lo-fi roots rockerKurt Vile(who spoke withus this summer) has kept busy since 2009'sChildish Prodigy.He released a 7-inch for the song "I...
Photos by Erez Avissar; Above: Kurt Vile and Thurston Moore Yesterday, Kurt Vile and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore played an in-store show together at ...
It sounds likeKurt Vilehad an eventful time at SXSW. The singer should have been on a high after the warm reception for hisSmoke Ring for My Haloalbum...
to relax, get some shade, maybe knock back a couple iced teas. Vile consistently delivered a set of mellow crunching, giving some of the acoustic song...
grab tickets for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday individually here. The additions are: the reunited Guided by Voices, Neko Case, No Age, Gang Gang Dance,...
- First Unitarian Church @ 06-25 Calgary, Alberta - Sled Island Festival 06-30-07-03 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival 07-11 Boston, MA - Brighton...
The songs collected on Kurt Vile's latest LP, the BNM'd Smoke Ring For My Halo, sound road-weathered and travel-tested-- in other words, the kind of s...
Earlier this week Kurt Vile followed up the most excellent Smoke Ring For My Halo with an EP of tracks which didn't appear on that album, called So Ou...
To Make A Baby Elephant Float I Can Hear Music (Ellie Greenwich) When It's Dark Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens) Cone of Silence Little Eyes I Feel Li...
Tweet Kurt Vile spent a large part of 2011 on the road promoting the excellent Smoke Ring for My Halo, and it looks like he's going to continue in the...
Kurt Vile will return to the road this spring, continuing to support his highly impressive 2011 release Smoke Ring For My Halo along with the follow u...
Tweet Converse seems like one of the biggest supporters of indie rock these days. First came the collaborative singles, and now the sneaker company ha...
The lineup has been revealed for this year's SummerStage, the season-long concert series that takes place across various New York City parks. Highligh...
The National have added 17 more names to the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that they're curating, which takes place December 7-9 at B...
be a bit abyss-gazing, and some 'normal' people fear this kind of - for want of a better word - darkness. Anyway, they're not exactly opening the smal...
This year, Matador launched a 7" singles subscription series, "Singles Going Home Alone", featuring Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks and L.A. Guns covering...
Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Frank Black of the Pixies, Johnny Marr of the Smiths, Kurt Vile and more joined Dinosaur Jr. on stage Satur...
Kurt Vile & the Violators: "Freak Train" (Live) [ft. Bradford Cox] (via SoundCloud) In 2009, Kurt Vile signed to Matador and released Childish Prodigy...
Although it's been painted on Philadelphia walls for months, Kurt Vile's website confirmed he's got a new album on the way through a video documenting...
This year Kurt Vile will release a new album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze, the follow-up to 2011's excellent Smoke Ring for My Halo. Today his label Matado...
Kurt Vile has just announced that his forthcoming album Wakin on a Pretty Daze will be released via Matador Records on April 9. The double album, whic...
Kurt Vile: "Wakin on a Pretty Day" Philadelphia's constant hitmaking longhair guitar hero is back. Kurt Vile has detailed the follow-up to his excelle...
Feist, Andrew Bird, Kurt Vile, Marco Benevento, The Felice Brothers, Yellowbirds, Divine Fits, The Devil Makes Three and White Fence are among the act...
Live on Radio K: Kurt Vile - "Never Run Away" from Radio K on Vimeo. Kurt Vile's Wakin' on a Pretty Daze is set for an April 9 release, but here's our...
Bit by bit, Kurt Vile's unleashing his new album, Wakin' on a Pretty Daze on Philadelphia. First, he unveiled the cover art in the form of a massive m...
Kurt Vile: "Never Run Away" Kurt Vile has shared the single version of "Never Run Away", a track off his upcoming album Wakin on a Pretty Daze. The so...
Kurt Vile has already taken one atypical promotional approach for his upcoming record, Walkin on a Pretty Daze, out April 9 via Matador. Now, as Matab...
Photo by Shawn Brackbill This Tuesday, April 9, Pitchfork.tv will webcast a performance from Kurt Vile, live from Pitchfork.tv's office in Brooklyn. H...
Related ContentView Photo This CD cover image released by Matador Records shows "Wakin on a Pretty Daze," by ... Kurt Vile, "Wakin on a Pretty Daze" (...
Three or four years later, I saw Kurt Vile play one of the worst live sets of my life. He was the second act on a triple-bill at Chicago's Empty Bottl...
Three or four years ago, I saw Kurt Vile play one of the worst live sets of my life. He was the second act on a triple-bill at Chicago's Empty Bottle,...
Photo by Shawn Brackbill Today, Pitchfork.tv will webcast a performance from Kurt Vile, live from Pitchfork.tv's office in Brooklyn. He'll perform tra...
On Tuesday, Kurt Vile performed in Pitchfork.tv's Brooklyn office for a live webcast. Now the entire set is available to revisit via Pitchfork.tv. It ...
Kurt Vile & the Violators, Parquet Courts, The Men and Marnie Stern will perform at the annual 4Knots Music Festival. Produced by Village Voice, the f...
Kurt Vile has added a long string of dates to his tour for his great new record, Wakin on a Pretty Daze. He'll do a bunch of shows across the U.S. thr...
Raleigh, North Carolina's Hopscotch Music Festival takes place September 5-7. The lineup includes Spiritualized, the Breeders playing Last Splash, Joh...
Kurt Vile released first proper video from Wakin on a Pretty Daze today, "Never Run Away." It follows the no-less entertaining clip for the same song,...
Kurt Vile's wonderful new album Waking On A Pretty Daze, one of the year's best, is a languorous sprawl, and you wouldn't expect it to lend itself to ...
Kurt Vile has shared his latest video, for Wakin on a Pretty Daze track "Never Run Away". Directed by a duo called HARRYS, it's a characteristically V...
Tweet Back in March 21, Kurt Vile introduced the first single from his fifth solo album, Wakin On A Pretty Day. The "promo" video for "Never Run Away"...
Tweet Photo gallery of Kurt Vile at The Bowery Ballroom, New York City (May 16, 2013)Previous · Kurt Vile @ The Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY (Pics) ...
Last month, Kurt Vile released his fifth studio album Wakin on A Pretty Daze via Matador. In support of its release, Vile and his band stopped by Late...
