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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

Sun Kil Moon: Admiral Fell Promises

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

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

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

Eleven Wimpy Sports Songs

Hey, the Super Bowl is tonight!  read more

A Very Personal, Highly Idiosyncratic Musical Overview of the Aughts

This is not about American Idol, Kenny Chesney, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Beyonce, Wilco, or The Arcade Fire. If, for the past ten years, you’ve followed popular music beyond the narrow confines of Top 40 radio, you already know the big albums and the major musical trends of the decade. This is not about that. The Aughts were ushered in by a cavalcade of short-lived (sometimes all too literally) rap stars, pre-fab boy bands, and pop divas, and they will be ushered out by a cavalcade of rap stars and pre-fab artists who made their names by covering classic rock and...  read more

Mark Kozelek to release Lost Verses Live in May

Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters) is set to drop his new live album, Mark Kozelek: Lost Verses Live, May 12 via Caldo Verde Records. The album is available for pre-order April 1....  read more

Devendra Banhart, Mark Kozelek, more honor Kath Bloom

Connecticut ballad-mistress Kath Bloom is finally getting some well-deserved kudos. On April 7, she (and a host of musicians proud to call Ms. Bloom their darling) will release Loving Takes This Court: A Tribute To The Songs Of Kath Bloom via Australian label Chapter Music. The release will feature two discs: one of originals, and one of Bloom covers, sung by such notables as Bill Callahan, Devendra Banhart and The Dodos....  read more

Mark Kozelek helps raise money for West Memphis Three

Damien Echols. Jason Baldwin. Jessie Misskelley, Jr. Together they're known as the West Memphis Three, a trio of Arkansas men convicted in 1994 for murdering and sexually mutilating three elementary school boys. Echols, the eldest, was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Baldwin and Misskelley were sentenced to life in prison....  read more

Mark Kozelek prepping limited rarities album for December

This year is shaping out to be especially fruitful for Mark Kozelek. As frontman for Sun Kil Moon, he's already crafted one of 2008's finest, most-favorably-reviewed albums in April. Now, Kozelek has revealed he will release a 10-track solo rarities collection composed of both original tunes and covers on Dec. 9. ...  read more