Brooklyn Vegan — The album is called 'Violet Psalms' and you can hear lead single 'Idea Man' now. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Frog Eyes have had a good run. The Vancouver indie rock band has been going since 2001. They once counted Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug as a member, and they backed up Dan Bejar on Destroyer's 2005 album Notorious Lightning & Other Works. But now they'r... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Two of the year's finest albums are released this week, Beach House's Depression Cherry and Destroyer's Poison Season. Frog Eyes' Pickpocket's Locket, Infinity Girl's Harm, Sea Lion's Desolate Stars, Yo La Tengo's covers album Stuff Like That There, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to the Deerhunter/Atlas Sound shows at Irving Plaza (BrooklynVegan presents) and Warsaw go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets to the two-night Neil Fest at Bowery Ballroom, featuring Ryan Adams, Sharon Van Etten, Body/Head, Brian Fallon and m... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Frog Eyes at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) We recently mentioned that Frog Eyes are streaming their new album Pickpocket's Locket, which officially drops this Friday, and since then the band have expanded their tour. It previously only... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Author Alejandro Zambra was interviewed by his editor at McSweeneys. Stream the new Frog Eyes album Pickpockets' Locket. Publishers Weekly interviewed author Warren Ellis. Jason Isbell covered "Desperadoes Waiting For A Train." Vol. 1 Brooklyn interv... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Frog Eyes at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Carey Mercer's long-running Canadian indie rock band Frog Eyes will release their new album Pickpocket's Locket this Friday (8/28) via Paper Bag Records. You can pre-order it here and check... more info

Stereogum — Carey Mercer has always seemed more like a shaman than a songwriter. He sings incantations, not songs, and his voice doesn’t sound like anything that would emerge from an ordinary human being. It’s a slippery, shapeshifting thing that bubbles for... more info

Stereogum — A few weeks back, Carey Mercer announced the latest Frog Eyes album, Pickpocket’s Locket and shared lead single “Joe With The Jam.” Now, that track has gotten a video treatment, which takes Mercer’s imaginative lyrics and translates them haph... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Victoria, BC's Frog Eyes will release new LP Pickpocket's Locket on August 28 via Paper Bag Records. The new LP's genesis was a little different than usual. Main main Carey Mercer explains:My dad left me his acoustic guitar in... more info