Brooklyn Vegan — Syrian singer Omar Souleyman will release his new album, Bahdeni Nami, on July 28 via Modeselektor's Monkeytown Records. That's the cover art above and Modeselektor produced some of it, like the nine-minute "Enssa El Aatab" which you can stream... more info

Stereogum — The Syrian singer and festival staple Omar Souleyman cuts a profoundly cool figure, and his winding, uptempo wedding-party music has captured the imaginations of music heads worldwide. On his last album, 2013’s Wenu Wenu, Souleyman worked exclusive... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The lineup has been expanded for the 2015 Big Ears Festival, happening March 27-29 in Knoxville, TN. New additions include psych pioneers Silver Apples, former Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton (performing HIVE), Syrian pop singer Omar Souleyman, folk... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Slingshot Festival is returning to Athens, GA from March 26-28, and this year's lineup includes a DJ set from LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy (one of three he's planned for this year), Jamie xx, Nosaj Thing, Clark, Saint Pepsi, Reptar,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Festival Nrmal is returning to Mexico from February 28 to March 1 in 2015, and the lineup features Swans, Phantogram, Future Islands, Black Angels, Machinedrum, Omar Souleyman, Majical Cloudz, TOPS, Twin Peaks, Peaking Lights, Kirin J Callinan, METZ,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield "Future Islands was so good last night. Incredible energy and so much booty shaking. The man has soul." - Jett Wells "Probably written more words on this band than any other over the years, but let's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Future Islands in Austin in April (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Future Islands, Operators, Omar Souleyman, Mas Ysa @ House of Vans... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The War on Drugs, Woods & Julianna Barwick Northside Festival show scheduled to take place in 50 Kent tonight is postponed due to RAIN. Omar Souleyman also just cancelled his Glasslands show (though the DJs are still playing, no... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Omar Souleyman at BV-CMJ 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Bad news, Omar Souleyman fans: tonight's show at Glasslands (6/13) (part of Northside) has been postponed due to travel issues (maybe this giant storm that is currently drenching NYC?). Dutch E.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Omar Souleyman at BV-CMJ 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Syrian pop singer Omar Souleyman, who recently put out a Four Tet-produced album and whose live shows are always a party, will return to North America this June to play Bonnaroo,... more info