Stereogum — Balms are a band from San Francisco who, on their new single "Candle," play a brooding, chugging form of rock music that reminds me of both goth and grunge. The NPR editor who premiered it compared it to Red House Painters crossed with ...And You Wil... more info

Guardian Music — Larmer Tree Gardens, WiltshireIn lieu of glittery students, the esoteric festival’s lineup does the sparkling – from Vampire Weekend’s afro-indie hits to St Vincent’s visceral synth-rockEnd of the Road is the sophisticated... more info

NME — It's a cover of the theme song of 70s US sitcom, 'The Partridge Family'. Matthew Barlow’s suggestion of Mark Kozelek resulted in resounding nods of approval from the NME office. “He is an absolute genius who is only on the fringe of being kno... more info

Stereogum — Mark Kozelek, the dour and divisive chatterbox behind Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters, has another album ready to go. After releasing the collaborative LP Mark Kozelek With Ben Boye And Jim White in October, he announced two forthcoming albums ... more info

Obscure Sound — A Thousand Hours are a deeply atmospheric act from Alaska, who refer to their sound aptly as a mixture of slowcore and dream-pop, citing acts like Red House Painters, Low, Cocteau Twins, and Slowdive as some inspirations. There is also a hypnotic pul... more info

Stereogum — Deafheaven’s Sunbather was a masterpiece — it was Stereogum’s second-favorite record of 2013 and my own #1 by a significant margin. I wrote about it a lot, and could have written more. I love that record! The band’s upcoming Sunbather follow-... more info

Stereogum — In addition to recording as Sun Kil Moon and previously fronting Red House Painters, Mark Kozelek has done some acting in his day. He has a role in Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s new movie Youth, which was being translated as The Early Years a... more info

Stereogum — Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters mastermind Mark Kozelek makes gentle, delicate, sensitive music that has perhaps counterintuitively found a devoted fanbase among metalheads. As I mentioned in an essay I wrote last year, my own obsession with Kozelekâ... more info

Stereogum — I’ve been going to see Mark Kozelek play live since 1995, when he performed at the now-defunct NYC basement venue Fez; it was his first-ever solo show in New York, and it came soon after the release of Red House Painters’ Ocean Beach. (I actually... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — John Denver died in a plane crash in 1997 — several years later the compilation Take Me Home: A Tribute To John Denver was released via Badman Recordings. Guiding the artist roster, the compilation sonically concentrated on the somber stylings of t... more info