Stereogum — Last year indie-rock journeyman Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Zwan, Superwolf, etc.) started hosting an online show called Guitar Moves on Noisey in which he interviewed great guitarists about playing guitar; we posted his interview with St. Vincent. It was ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds @ The Mann Center 7/25/2014 Cave and the band (featuring feral violinist Warren Ellis) play with primal, animalistic fervor, delivering songs of brooding, measured grace that burst out in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Boyd Shropshire has been playing in Philly bands for years. You may remember him from mid-'00s indie rockers Human Television and he's also spent time with Kurt Vile & the Violators. Shropshire will release his second solo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Guitar-slinger Steve Gunn, who you may have seen play with Kurt Vile's band, will release his new album, Way Out Weather, on October 7 via Paradise of Bachelors. The first track from the album was just released -- the... more info

Stereogum — Guitarist Steve Gunn is a member of Kurt Vile’s backing band the Violators, and last year, he brought a certain expansive fingerpicked beauty to his John Fahey-inspired solo album Time Off. He’s recently announced plans to follow that one up with... more info

Stereogum — According to WXPN, the Philadelphia mural that was commissioned for the cover of Kurt Vile’s Wakin On A Pretty Daze has been defaced and painted over by a local man who said that it was “attracting graffiti to the neighborhood.” The mural was c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield & Dana (distortion) Yavin Outkast / Damon Albarn / Phoenix NYC music festival Governors Ball kicked off its 2014 edition yesterday (6/6) with sets from the reunited Outkast, Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, Grimes, TV on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Doldrums at Bowery Ballroom in May (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Kurt Vile and The Violators, Steve Gunn @ Brooklyn Bowl Kurt Vile's... more info

Stereogum — Today New York band Cymbals Eat Guitars announced their third album, LOSE, and from the sound of it, frontman Joseph D’Agostino has a lot to get out. That’s because LOSE was written and recorded (with longtime Dinosaur Jr. producer John Agnello s... more info

Stereogum — Bret Easton Ellis often brings artists he enjoys onto his podcast for wide-ranging discussions. Beginning with Kanye, and following that with others including Matt Berninger and Ezra Koenig, Ellis’ latest guest is Kurt Vile. Vile doesn’t show up ... more info