Altsounds — The evolution of White Hinterland's music has been graceful and inspiring, shifting chameleon-like from jazz-tinged chamber-pop to French ye-ye music. Now, with the March 8 release of Kairos, this young artist delves into a modern, electronic wash to... more info

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Chorus.fm — *White Hinterland* (http://www.myspace.com/caseydienel) will release their new album Kairos on March 9th via Dead Oceans (http://www.deadoceans.com/). You can download the opener "Icarus" here (http://www.scjag.com/mp3/do/icarus.mp3). more info

Stereogum — The first track from White Hinterland's forthcoming Kairos finds Casey Dienel dropping the brushed-drum jazz and acoustic cabaret-folk feel of Phylactery Factory and the smiley bird of Wind-Up Canary to instead follow the hushed experimental threads ... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Last year, Finnish duo Burning Hearts released one of, if not the most, overlooked album of 2009 with their debut, Aboa Sleeping.  Consisting of nine finely crafted pop songs, the gorgeous instrumentation of this record coupled with the vocal warm... more info

Said the Gramophone — Devendra Banhart - "Baby". I was at a party. We were nodding, laughing, twisting caps from bottles and making introductions. Then someone lifted up his laptop and tilted the screen so we could see. What did it show? It showed a sad baby. Conversati... more info

Said the Gramophone — Cocteau Twins - "Ella Megablast Buris 4Ever". On the night of Erik Fforde's fortieth birthday, he looked out onto the silver city and he wondered where she was. Where she was and what she was doing; if she was speaking or if she was silent; if she ... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Here’s something for the local folks (it sounds so nice to actually say that now) as White Hinterland (chanteuse Casey Dienel from Portland, OR) will be making her way into town; apparently, with a brand new batch of songs! Things kick off at 8 pm ... more info

My Old Kentucky — Casey Dienel's White Hinterland released two excellent works this year...Phylactery Factory and Luniculaire. Phylactery Factory was her official debut and maybe an even more aggressive release, Luniculaire, an EP of French covers (all sung in French... more info

Pop Matters — While White Hinterland stumbles on some good new sounds with Luniculaire, they do well to mesh them with some of their old ones. more info