Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin The Strokes / Kurt Vile / The Decemberists The 2015 Austin City Limits Festival wrapped up its first weekend yesterday (10/4) with The Strokes, The Weeknd, Dwight Yoakam, Alt-J, Chance the Rapper, Kurt Vile, The Decemberists,... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week Kurt Vile kicked off his tour in support of b’lieve i’m goin down at Philadelphia music scene hub Johnny Brenda’s, and many of the album’s tracks were played in concert for the first time. Check out lots of fan-made footage ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The first of ACL Fest's two 2015 weekends kicks off today (10/2) in Austin's Zilker Park. If you can't make it to the festival, it will be streaming live each day starting at 3:15 PM Central (4:15 PM Eastern)... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Fall's first big release week of the fall brings a bounty of great music, including albums by Chvrches's Every Open Eye, Doe Paoro's After, Girl Band's Holding Hands with Jamie, Julia Holter's Have You in My Wilderness, Kurt Vile's... more info

Stereogum — Kurt Vile’s new album, b’lieve i’m goin down, comes out today — we’re fans of it here — and last night he stopped by Conan to perform a few tracks off of it. On the show itself, he did lead single “Pretty Pimpin'” and then did a web-e... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ta-Nehisi Coates will write a Black Panther comic for Marvel. Kim Gordon interviewed singer-songwriter Kurt Vile at Dazed. Lauren Groff talked to the Guardian about her new novel Fates and Furies. Singer-songwriter Julia Holter discussed her favorite... more info

Stereogum — When Kurt Vile’s latest album, b’lieve I’m goin down…, was announced, it was accompanied by a biography blurb from none other than Kim Gordon, who described the new record as “all air, weightless, bodyless, but grounded in convincing authen... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Paris Review and Tin House remembered poet C.K.Williams. SPIN listed the best fictional songs of all time. American Songwriter is streaming Kurt Vile's new album b’lieve i’m going down…. The longlist for the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for No... more info

Stereogum — Wakin On A Pretty Daze felt like a happy ending for Kurt Vile. The album’s blissed-out folk-rock jams doubled as portraits of a rock star who’d settled into an immensely appealing version of middle age: Get famous enough to draw big crowds, sell ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it. See, Philadelphia songwriter Kurt Vile has a way of saying things — understated phrases just tumble from his mouth, hovering over motoring heartland rock or spacey acoustic guitar drones. Vile’s shr... more info