Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle: Perils From the Sea

Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle: <i>Perils From the Sea</i>

Some musicians just don’t want their music played in daytime.  read more

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Listen to Mark Kozelek's Contribution to Jason Molina Benefit Album

Listen to Mark Kozelek's Contribution to Jason Molina Benefit Album

To honor the late musician Jason Molina and to help defray funeral and medical expenses for his family, Graveface Records is releasing a benefit compilation album.   read more

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10 Musicians & Comedians Recall Their First Performances

10 Musicians & Comedians Recall Their First Performances

Amanda Palmer, Mark Kozelek, Jay Mohr, Doug Benson & more share memories of their first time on stage.  read more

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Mark Kozelek: Like Rats

Mark Kozelek: <i>Like Rats</i>

The concept behind Mark Kozelek’s new record—take metal songs, punk songs, classic-rock and pop songs and deliver ’em slow and soft, accompanied only by stripped-nekkid acoustic guitar—is really kind of unimaginative.  read more

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Watch the Video for Sun Kil Moon's "Black Kite"

Watch the Video for Sun Kil Moon's "Black Kite"

If the tragic passing of former drummer Tim Mooney earlier this week is any indication, life has been tough on Mark Kozelek (a.k.a. Sun Kil Moon) recently. A new video for “Black Kite,” a song from Kozelek’s sad/funny latest album, Among the Leaves, surfaced yesterday, and it’s fittingly heartbreaking....  read more

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Sun Kil Moon Announces New Album Among the Leaves

Sun Kil Moon Announces New Album <i>Among the Leaves </i>

Singer and songwriter Mark Kozelek will release his fifth album, _Among the Leaves_ under the Sun Kil Moon moniker on May 29 via Caldo Verde Records.   read more

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Mark Kozelek Announces Tour Dates

Mark Kozelek Announces Tour Dates

Red House Painter/Sun Kil Moon/occasional actor Mark Kozelek has mapped out a list of live shows spanning both Europe and North America....  read more

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Sun Kil Moon: Admiral Fell Promises

Sun Kil Moon: <em>Admiral Fell Promises</em>

Beautiful rambling For Mark Kozelek, old ghosts die hard. The man behind Sun Kil Moon has always had a complicated relationship with the specters of his past, and on Admiral Fell Promises, he once again mines his memory and crafts an ode to lost loves, death and listlessness. Kozelek is an adept storyteller, always toeing the thin emotional line between hope and hopelessness; even at his brightest, a lingering sadness surrounds him like relentless fog. Admiral’s melodies—most notably on the title track and “Alesund”—are heavy and gorgeous, heart-breaking and breathtaking. Still, they’re marred by Kozelek’s indulgence in instrumental meandering—while it...  read more

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Listen to Three New Sun Kil Moon Songs

Listen to Three New Sun Kil Moon Songs

Sun Kil Moon’s forthcoming album, Admiral Fell Promises, doesn’t come out for another fortnight, but if Mark Kozelek’s story-teller style is right up your alley, by all means, you should wait no longer to hear three tracks from the new record....  read more

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New Sun Kil Moon Album Coming in July

New Sun Kil Moon Album Coming in July

Aside from releasing a record of live cuts, Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozelek has been laying relatively low since his impressive third release, April, in 2008. July 13, he’ll return with _April_’s follow-up, the 10-track Admiral Fell Promises out on his own Caldo Verde record label (via Pitchfork)....  read more

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