Topix — 'After years of trying to figure out how to be a band and make records, we finally learned enough to make something that we feel is what we set out to make,'' says Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak's new album, 'Civilian.'' They took their name from a famous tr... more info

Bradley's Almanac — Next week, on Tuesday the 12th, Baltimore's Wye Oak returns to town for a headline show at the Middle East in support of their stunning new album, "Civilian". The duo was last in Boston in late-January for a two-night stand opening up for the Decembe... more info

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Addict Music — What summer would sound like if it were feeling somehow both bright and melancholy. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Wounded Lion @ Shangri La After Wednedsay and Thursday... I spent most of Friday afternoon -- the hottest day of the fest, well into the '80s --at Sailor Jerry-sponsored East Side dive Shangri La where Chicago label... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In the liner notes for the new Wye Oak album, "Civilian," Jenn Wasner explains that her new songs are about aloneness (the positive kind) and loneliness (the horrible kind)."In the liner notes for the new Wye Oak album, "Civilian," Jenn Wasner exp... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the liner notes for the new Wye Oak album, "Civilian," Jenn Wasner explains that her new songs are about “aloneness (the positive kind)” and “loneliness (the horrible kind)." With help from Andy Stack, the other half of the Baltimore... more info

5 Acts — Friday night's show at Black Cat is SOLD OUT, but you still have a chance to win tickets to see Lands & Peoples, Lower Dens, and Wye Oak. E-mail me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com and use the subject "Civilian" so I know what you want. I'll chooose a ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Wye Oak's Civilian is the Baltimore duo's third album and yet another stellar effort. Other new music I can strongly recommend includes Alexi Murdoch's Towards the Sun, Carol Bui's Red Ship, Exene Cervenka's Excitement of Maybe, the Norwegian Wood... more info

Guardian Music — (City Slang)The third album from Wye Oak boasts many of the same dream-pop textures deployed by fellow Baltimore boy/girl duo Beach House, but theirs is a more varied sound, with greater use of light and shade. "Holy Holy" is built on a Sister-era So... more info