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Pearl Jam, Sun Kil Moon, MMJ, Many More Partner With Patagonia for Charity

Eco-friendly clothing company Patagonia will step into the music biz this month with the launch of Patagonia Music....  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

Ten July Albums Worth Checking Out

Much like the month they're released in, these albums run a diverse gamut...  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

Best Voices In Indie Rock

Photo by Jeremy Cowart.Brandi Carlile inspired this list. I’ve been listening to her fantastic new record nonstop lately—mainly because I’m addicted to her voice. But some folks prefer a calmer and steadier voice like Mark Kozelek’s, and others are partial to Neko Case’s clear-as-a-bell-ness or Chan Marshall’s sultriness. Here are my picks for the best voices in indie rock. Who did I miss? Enjoy the playlist below, and stay tuned for next week’s list of the Best Worst Voices. ...  read more

One on One: 20 Single-Artist Cover Albums Worth A Listen

A well-done cover song is a beautiful thing—and, by extension, so is a compilation of tracks by a slew of musicians paying tribute to one of their heroes. But it takes a special combination of love and guts and a hearty dash of hubris for a single artist to tackle the oeuvre of another—whether a friend or a legend—all by their lonesome. Sometimes the result is a mess (like Dirty Dancing songstress Jennifer Warnes' maudlin, schlocky Leonard Cohen tribute, Famous Blue Raincoat), but when the stars align, it can be really wonderful. Here are a few of our favorites. (Scroll...  read more

Sun Kil Moon to Tour West Coast Later This Month

Ahead of his May 12 Lost Versus Live release (Caldo Verde Records), Mark Kozelek has announced a geographically-limited series of Sun Kil Moon shows at three modest West Coast venues and one opposite-sized Washington state music festival. A full band will back Kozelek's woebegone vocals. ...  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

Staff Picks - Kate Kiefer (associate editor)

I just read Austin’s favorites and noticed that our lists don’t even have one record in common. Which means that he has bad taste, and also that he hasn’t heard Fearless. In no meaningful order: ...  read more