Gorilla vs. Bear — It's fun when a song that has been so incessantly hyped -- and was, by any measure, already a hit before it was even finished -- ends up being as good as you'd hoped. Maryland's Maggie Rogers shares the beautiful finished version of he... more info

Stereogum — Amelia Meath is a powerhouse of a woman. Most recently she’s been lauded as half of the electronic-pop duo Sylvan Esso, but Meath is also one of the founding members of the incredible all-female folk trio Mountain Man. This past Wednesday, 6/24, sh... more info

Stereogum — Sylvan Esso, the duo of Mountain Man’s Amelia Meath and Megafaun’s Nick Sanborn, make such a cozy, welcoming, folky kind of electronic pop music that it’s almost impossible to imagine being creeped out by listening. But that’s what some of th... more info

Stereogum — There’s a lot to be excited about with Lateness Of Dancers, the fifth and newest release (and Merge debut) from Hiss Golden Messenger, aka M.C. Taylor and his constantly shifting lineup. That lineup is bigger than ever here, and features William Ty... more info

Stereogum — A little while ago, Amealia Meath, of the Vermont folk harmonizers Mountain Man, and Nick Sanborn, of the rootsy North Carolina psychedelic rockers Megafaun, teamed up to form the duo Sylvan Esso, and their self-titled debut together is an absolutely... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Hiss Golden Messenger recently signed to Merge, who will release his new album Lateness of Dancers on September 9, and he's just put out one of its tracks, "Saturday's Song." Unlike the somber folk of his recently... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis They met in 2012, when Sanborn's solo act, Made of Oak, opened for Mountain Man in Milwaukee. Sanborn was entranced by Meath's distinctive singing and onstage charisma, while she was equally taken by his dense beats, influenced... more info

Stereogum — Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, the two members of Sylvan Esso, both keep things rootsy with their other bands — Meath with Vermont folk harmonizers Mountain Man, Sanborn with North Carolina Southern-psych veterans Megafaun. As Sylvan Esso, though, ... more info

Stereogum — Sylvan Esso is the side project of Amealia Meath of Mountain Man and Nick Sanborn of Megafaun. A few years back, Mountain Man released a folkier version of “Play It Right.” With Sylvan Esso, Meath revisits the track, but Sanborn plugs a synth-pop... more info

Nialler9 — Tracks of the Week playlist 1. Tala – ‘Serbia’ Top quality rolling deep synth electronica from English/Iranian polymath TĀLĀ from her The Duchess EP. 2. Sylvan Esso – ‘Play It Right’ Two members from Mountain Man and Megafun team up o... more info