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Justin Vernon Launches Record Label

Justin Vernon has launch his own record label. Chigliak Records will be an imprint of Jagjaguwar, the label that released the Grammy-nominated Bon Iver in 2011.  read more

Lia Ices: Grown Unkown

Brooklyn avant songbird breaks out From her washed-out publicity photos to her floating, ethereal music, Lia Ices comes off like a ghost on her second album and Jagjaguwar debut, Grown Unknown. “Oh, you know I need your mystic mind,” she sings on catchy, spare opener, “Love is Won,” but it’s obvious that the appeal here, the reason any fan of Cat Power or Feist needs this record, is hers....  read more

Okkervil River Plans New Single for February

Will Sheff has kept himself rather busy with a variety of interesting projects over the past year. He produced and played with his band Okkervil River‘s collaboration with psych-rock progenitor Roky Erickson the long-awaited True Love Cast Out All Evil, as well as producing the upcoming debut record from Brooklyn rock group, Bird of Youth. Sheff even left his mark on The New Pornographers’ latest record, Together, contributing vocals to the track “Moves.” But on Feb. 8, Okkervil River will release their first new material in a while with the recently announced “Mermaid” single....  read more

Peter Wolf Crier Announce Tour Dates

Folk duo and Best of What’s Next alums Peter Wolf Crier have announced a rather lengthy tour mostly focusing on the United Kingdom and the Western/Midwestern United States....  read more

Download Lia Ices' "Daphne"

Lia Ices releases her debut album for Jagjaguwar, Grown Unknown, Jan. 25 in the U.S. and Jan. 24 in the U.K. In the meantime, you can get a taste of the slow-soul full-length to come by streaming or downloading the single “Daphne” on Soundcloud....  read more

Black Mountain: Wildness Heart

Looking back for the way forward On 2008’s In The Future, Black Mountain built a muscle car of an album that woke up the whole block as it tore out of the driveway, but followup Wilderness Heart is more a loose assortment of chrome and steel. In the wake of their creative breakthrough, the band has opted to emulate the classics rather than fine-tune their own sound: “Radiant Hearts,” a love ballad with the opening line “Children play softly around the explosions,” invokes the end-times folk of Jethro Tull, while “Rollercoaster”—all psychedelic sludge and cymbal crashes—is pure Led Zeppelin. Taken...  read more

Download Peter Wolf Crier's "Hard as Nails"

Download Peter Wolf Crier's "Hard as Nails."Peter Wolf Crier's Inter-Be will be released May 25 on Jagjaguwar....  read more

Download The Besnard Lakes' "Albatross"

Download The Besnard Lakes' "Albatross" here.The Besnard Lakes' The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night will be released March 9 on Jagjaguwar....  read more

Volcano Choir: Unmap

At least a year prior to retiring to the remote Wisconsin cabin...  read more

Sunset Rubdown: Dragonslayer

Spencer Krug’s inimitable voice can undulate even within a...  read more