Brooklyn Vegan — Robyn Hitchcock played his second Black Snake Diamond Röle shows with Yo La Tengo as his backing band on Wednesday (3/1) at Bowery Ballroom, one of the more enjoyable shows I've seen in a while. As someone who got to see Robyn a few times with ... more info
Stereogum — For the past two nights, former Soft Boys frontman Robyn Hitchcock has been performing his 1981 debut solo album Black Snake Dîamond Röle in its entirety backed by New Jersey indie greats Yo La Tengo. Following that, he's been playing an entire sec... more info
LargeHeartedBoy — AL Kennedy examined the literary legacy of Anthony Burgess. Antlers frontman Peter Silberman talked to Paste about his solo album Impermanence. John Darnielle talked to the Iowa City Press-Citizen about his new novel Universal Harvester. Stream a new... more info
Stereogum — Veteran English rocker Robyn Hitchcock has a new self-titled album coming out this spring. We've already heard lead single "I Want To Tell You About What I Want," and now he's followed it up with a four-minute burst of classic power-pop called "Mad S... more info
Stereogum — Robyn Hitchcock, of the '70s psych-pop band the Soft Boys, will release his 21st album this year at the age of 63. He described the self-titled LP as "an ecstatic work of negativity" to NPR, and provided a statement about its lead single "I Want To T... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — "Either we will eventually become extinct and be replaced by cats with articulated thumbs who have evolved the way apes slowly evolved into us, or we will become empathic and mildly telepathic — people like Donald Trump won't happen because bi... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — New additions include Spoon (who will play and curate three shows), former Pavement guitarist Spiral Stairs, Robyn Hitchcock, Kate Nash, The Nude Party, Purling Hiss, Honduras, Acid Dad, and more.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Robyn just played an all Soft Boys set in Australia with members of Twerps, You Am I and Ausmuteants backing him.
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