Chicago Tribune — Russian Circles works in a relatively esoteric area – an instrumental trio that finds the sweet spot at the intersection of metal, hard rock, progressive and experimental music. Its five albums, culminating with last year's elegiac "Memorial" (Sarg... more info

Stereogum — Winnipeg’s KEN mode released one of our favorite metal albums of 2013 — the career highlight Entrench — which they toured the fuck out of all year long. They’re gonna spend plenty of 2014 on the road, too, including their current jaunt with H... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Di Lynn Ring Russian Circles / KEN mode / Inter Arma @ Bowery Ballroom - 2/20/14 One of the best crossover-metal tours of the year so far swung through NYC when post-metal/post-rockers Russian Circles, furious post-hardcore rippers KEN... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Angel Olsen in Chicago earlier this month (more by Kirstie Shanley) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Angel Olsen, Cian Nugent, Jaye Bartell @ LPR Angel Olsen's new... more info

Chorus.fm — We're very excited to premiere a track from Philadelphia instrumental band *Mohican* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mohican). For fans of Mogwai and Russian Circles, the band is releasing their new EP The Abuse Is Character on January 16th. The EP was ... more info

Metal Injection — Russian Circles are teaming up with Ken Mode to do two separate legs of a tour throughout the United States in February and March of 2014! So who's ready to get post-metal'ed and hardcore'd into oblivion? The tour is split up between I... more info

Metalsucks — Sweet!The post Russian Circles to Tour U.S. with KEN Mode, Inter Arma, and Helms Alee appeared first on MetalSucks. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — ShortList lists the 30 greatest posthumous novels. Under the Radar profiles singer-songwriter Neko Case. Page Views interviews Junot Diaz. Pitchfork is streaming the new Russian Circles album, Memorial. The Guardian interviews author Donna Tartt. The... more info

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Chorus.fm — You can stream *Russian Circles (http://www.absolutepunk.net/russiancircles)*' new LP, Memorial, at Pitchfork (http://pitchfork.com/advance/269-memorial/). The album of the same name will hits stores on October 29th via Sargent House (http://www.sar... more info