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

Brooklyn Vegan — The Hopscotch Music Festival returns in 2016 to various Raleigh, NC venues from September 8-10. The lineup is impressive as always, with Television, Wolf Parade, Converge, Baroness, Yob, Tribulation, Erykah Badu, Young Thug, Sylvan Esso, Vince Staple... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kentucky's Forecastle Festival released its 2016 lineup today. It features The Avett Brothers, Alabama Shakes, Ryan Adams, and Death Cab for Cutie as headliners, along with Dr. Dog, Sylvan Esso, Speedy Ortiz, Nothing, Washed Out, Bully, Alex G, Big..... more info

Stereogum — Last month, Pure Bathing Culture put out their glistening sophomore effort Pray For Rain, and today the title track has gotten a remix courtesy of Sylvan Esso. Somehow, the two feel like compatriots, even though they’re not very sonically similar �... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin The Strokes / Kurt Vile / The Decemberists The 2015 Austin City Limits Festival wrapped up its first weekend yesterday (10/4) with The Strokes, The Weeknd, Dwight Yoakam, Alt-J, Chance the Rapper, Kurt Vile, The Decemberists,... more info

Stereogum — Made Of Oak is Nick Sanborn’s post-Sylvan Esso solo project, and he teased his debut EP, Penumbra, back in August. Today he shares the video for Penumbra song “Pindebender.” The crisp production that made Sylvan Esso stand out is evident here, ... more info

Stereogum — New music comes to us via obscure channels in the late internet era, and today via WNYC’s science podcast, Radiolab, we’ve got a new song from North Carolina dance-pop duo Sylvan Esso. The song they wrote was inspired by one of the stories on the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sylvan Esso photos by Amanda Hatfield Made of Oak (photo by Endless Endless) Nick Sanborn, who you may know as half of Sylvan Esso (and Megafaun before that), has a new solo project called Made of Oak that will release... more info

Stereogum — Nick Sanborn almost definitely eclipsed his participation in Megafaun with the popularity of Sylvan Esso, his collaboration with Amelia Meath. The electronic duo has become a festival staple over the past year since their very good debut album was re... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Porches played what was probably their biggest show to date in Prospect Park on Saturday night. Lines for the show, which was headlined by electropop duo Sylvan Esso, were wrapped around Prospect Park in multiple directions.... more info