José González's Gothenburg post-rock trio Junip are getting ready to release their self-titled sophomore album, which makes for a deeply relaxing listen: González's whispery voice over velvety…   Read Story »

Junip, the trio that José González leads when he's not making music on his own, are gearing up to release their self-titled sophomore album, and they've already given us the icy, disturbing, very…   Read Story »

Remember last month when we made a hand-wringing post about the death of the MP3 and thereby the end of the downloadable Monthly Mix? Well, fuck it -- ZIP FILE BACK. Thank you for your comments and…   Read Story »

On his own, the Swedish singer-songwriter José González makes spare, lonely, spectral music. As the frontman of the Gothenburg trio Junip, he does much the same thing, except he does it with a…   Read Story »

When he's not making gorgeous, spare folk-pop on his own, José González leads the pastoral folk-pop trio Junip, and they'll follow up 2010's Fields this spring with a self-titled sophomore album.…   Read Story »

By the end of last year, compiling Monthly Mixes became a sad task. Each month I'd scan in sadness, watching our strongest songs presented as straight-to-Soundcloud affairs, our music business…   Read Story »

José González and his band Junip are gearing up to release a follow-up to 2010's Fields this spring and if "Line Of Fire" is a taste of what's to come, then we're in for something cinematic. Here,…   Read Story »

The big news to come out of last night's late-night lineup is obviously this: St. Vincent's Annie Clark leaving a smoking hole in the middle of the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon stage with her…   Read Story »

A few weeks back James Blake told SPIN, "Remixing is like musical prostitution." Ha -- relax, James Blake. This is the column in which we beg to differ. Much in the spirit of our inaugural Remixtape…   Read Story »

This Andreas Nilsson-directed video for "Always" doesn't have oozing creatures or special effects makeup, but it's still creepy. That tells you a lot about the clip's main character, who comes to…   Read Story »