Brooklyn Vegan — Foxing guitarist/back up singer/producer Eric Hudson's 2018 faves include Turnstile, Vein, Mitski, 'Barry,' 'Mandy,' and more... Continue reading… more info

New York Times — Drake, Mitski, Ariana Grande — whose albums defined the year? (And will albums matter next year?) more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Converge bassist Nate Newton shared a huge, eclectic, genre-spanning list of his favorite albums of 2018, with punk, metal, hip-hop, and indie rock picks including War on Women, Daughters, Mazzy Star, Mitski, St. Vincent, Tomb Mold, Hot Snakes, Judas... more info

Stereogum — Apart from their Mitski collaboration for John Cameron Mitchell’s galactic romance How To Talk To Girls At Parties, Xiu Xiu have stayed relatively quiet since the release of 2017’s FORGET . Today the noise-pop veterans are back with a new lineup... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lana Del Rey debuted two new 'country' songs with current collaborator Jack Antonoff, and Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance during Hayley Kiyoko's set. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Jack Antonoff held his annual Ally Coalition benefit concert tonight. He welcomed a number of his recent collaborators, including Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift, who made a surprise appearance. Swift joined Hayley Kiyoko to perform an acoustic renditi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — James picked the late Scott Hutchison's band Mastersystem, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Low, Mitski, and more, and provided commentary on each pick... Continue reading… more info

Gorilla vs. Bear — SASAMI follows up her run of sold-out Brooklyn shows with Mitski over the weekend with the vibrant and charming video for her sweetly buzzing new single "Not the Time". Beautifully shot on 16mm and co-directed by Kate Hollowell, written, co-directed,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Despite the title, "Eclectic for the Holidays" is not "holiday" music, and features St. Vincent, Lonnie Holley, Panda Bear, Mitski, Topaz Jones, Cat Power, Bixiga 70, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Beatles, Carmen Consoli, Agnes Obel, Laura Mvula, Sturgill Si... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — With the release of her excellent 2018 album Be The Cowboy, Mitski has officially completed another stage of her evolution from Brooklyn-via-Purchase College DIY mainstay to full-fledged cult idol. Continue reading… more info