Kurt Vile will release his new album, Wakin On A Pretty Daze, in April … much to the delight of folks like myself who have followed Kurt's career with a kind of feverish intensity since his…   Read Story »

He'd already released three relatively lo-fi solo albums, but stoned Philly strummer Kurt Vile's 2011 album Smoke Rings For My Halo felt like a new beginning -- the moment that Vile's starry-eyed…   Read Story »

Last year, we gave a batch of t-shirts away from Insound's Delicious Design League project, and this year, we're doing the same with a new slate of t-shirts, this time a set of designs created for…   Read Story »

This isn't the '90s, and these days no indie bands are getting cards pulled for licensing songs to advertisers. In fact, it's generally accepted that ad-licensing money is one of the few economic…   Read Story »

Alright, y'all know what time it is. It's the Halloweekend, and today we've got some of the best tracks from the last month that fit nicely into whatever theme-heavy environment you're trying to…   Read Story »

Kurt Vile recently put out a track from his forthcoming EP So Outta Reach called "The Creature," and today another track from that release surfaced. Listen to "Life's A Beach," a breezy, carefree jam…   Read Story »

Save a bit of humidity, it is an undeniably autumnal day in NYC. It's gray, it is wet, and it feels positively gauche to jam to anything that would feel right at a beach. So to help to fill the void…   Read Story »

Last week, the UK's Larmer Tree Gardens hosted a hilariously deep bill for the End Of The Road Festival, a lineup that featured Joanna Newsom, Kurt Vile, Tinawiren, Lykke Li, Best Coast, the Walkmen…   Read Story »

Earlier today, Kurt Vile put out a new song from his just-announced EP, So Outta Reach. You won't exactly mistake this track for something other than a Kurt Vile song, but it's pretty pleasant, and…   Read Story »

"In/Out Blues" is a woozy new acoustic jam from Philly space cadet Kurt Vile, and it shows up on a new tour-only split 7" from Vile and his lo-fi rambler buddies Woods. The 7" in question features…   Read Story »