Phosphorescent Extends Summer Tour
Phosphorescent is keeping the touring ball rolling this summer after the release of the fantastic Muchacho. Matthew Houck and co. have announced 11 new dates, which will now take the band to Brooklyn, Ottawa, Burlington, Vt.; Columbus, Ohio; Louisville, Detroit and more. read more
Found in: Music, NewsDetroit's Laneway Festival Announces Lineup
Sigur Ros, The National, The Dismemberment Plan, Frightened Rabbit, CHVRCHES, Washed Out, Phosphorescent, El-P & Killer Mike, Washed Out. read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Phosphorescent Perform "Song For Zula" on Fallon
Last night on Fallon, indie folk singer-songwriter Phosphorescent (Matthew Houck) performed a track from his latest album Muchacho. read more
Found in: Music, NewsFiona Apple Cancels Primavera Festival Appearance
It looks as though Apple has canceled what was going to be her only schedule tour appearance this year—Primavera Festival in Barcelona. read more
Found in: Music, NewsBeck, The Avett Brothers to Headline 2013 Newport Folk Festival
The lineup for the three-day outdoor event has been rolling out with Phosphorescent, Amanda Palmer, Jim James and more already announced. read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 25 Best Songs of 2013 (So Far)
With a quarter of the year in our rear-view mirror, it's time to take that first look at the best songs of 2013 released so far. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWatch Phosphorescent's "Song for Zula" Video
Never one to go the typical route, Houk seems to have eschewed the conventional music video story in favor of an entirely different direction. read more
Found in: Music, NewsPhosphorescent: Muchacho
Sitting down to listen to the latest from Phosphorescent, I armed myself with a blank notepad and a stack of CDs: Richard Buckner and Bonnie Prince Billy, American Music Club’s California and some early Chris Whitley. By the last reverberations of Muchacho’s closing hymn, my scribbled notes were buried beneath books by Malcolm Lowry and Barry Hannah and I’d pulled an entirely different pile of discs off the shelf: Blood On The Tracks, Joshua Tree, Grievous Angel and Robbie Robertson. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsMusic on Wednesday at SXSW: Nick Cave Owns the Night
Wednesday. Music. Let's get it on. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesPhosphorescent Announces New Album, Streams "Songs for Zula"
Phosphorescent, the stage name of Matthew Houck, has announced the full-length follow-up to 2010’s Here’s to Taking it Easy, to be released this March. Muchacho is the finished product of songs written following a “domestic crisis,” and “in the middle of a bit of a freak-out” he booked a flight to Mexico where he worked on the songs that would make up the finished product. “It sounds really cheesy, but I went down there with a guitar and got a little hut on the beach in Tulum, on the Yucatan Peninsula," Houck said. One of the tracks that made it... read more
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