Kurt Vile

Kurt Vile says “Philadelphia’s been good to me” on his new album and heads to the UK in September

April 13, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Kurt Vile has announced his new album, Philadelphia’s been good to me (note the lowercase words just to upset copy editors!) (there’s a special place in hell for artists who use lowercase for album titles – […]

Video: Kurt Vile “Another Good Year for the Roses”

November 17, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

As the sun bursts through the tree canopies, Kurt Vile’s latest song rises up, swirling in loose, musical currents. Throughout, the instrumentation and arrangements are adventurous and imaginative, just like Vile’s lyrics, words tumbling through a gorgeous, […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Joe Graham

November 2, 2023 Joe Graham 4

I puzzled over how to compile and preface this list for the best part of four months. I’m bad at choosing favourites, my mind tending toward blankness if asked on the spot. Suitably, when I started […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 44

February 1, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

A glimpse of times to come. Phew, January’s a bastard. It’s cold, dark, hungover from December’s increasingly desperate joyousness and in the case of school, full of people shuffling from class to class coughing, wheezing and […]

Kurt Vile with John Prine “How Lucky” – Listen

September 25, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Kurt Vile has a new EP out called ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV’ which will be released next week on October 2nd. The EP contains the track ‘How Lucky’, a duet with John Prine, covering his classic […]