Stereogum — Angel Olsen has announced a new B-sides and rarities collection called Phases, made up of unreleased and hard-to-find recordings from Olsen's short-ish but very fruitful career. The track she's sharing alongside the announcement is "Special," a 7-min... more info

Stereogum — Jim James was everywhere at Newport Folk Festival last month. In addition to performing with his own solo band, the My Morning Jacket frontman played with John Prine and Angel Olsen, among others. And while he was there, he also took some time to cov... more info

Core News — “Ahead of her Green Man performance Angel Olsen the Missouri alt-country singer picks her companion track for Tom, a track that has been a good friend to her and kept her company on tour. There’s also a guest mix from chillwave pioneer Ernest Gre... more info

KEXP Seattle — Julie Byrne makes a face when she doesn’t have to sing, one that expresses a sheer contentment with what’s going on around her. She leaned back and made this face – which is featured on the cover her sublime sophomore outing, Not Even Happiness... more info

Stereogum — Next month, the Australian musician Alex Cameron will release his Forced Witness album. Foxygen's Jonathan Rado co-produced it with Cameron, and it's got contributions from heavyweights like Brandon Flowers and Angel Olsen. Olsen sang backup on first... more info

KEXP Seattle — Day 3 of 2017’s Capitol Hill Block Party proved to be the fest’s most musically satisfying, stellar sets from Danny Brown, Torres, Angel Olsen, and Perfume Genius sounding great against the urban Capitol Hill backdrop. Coming on at... more info

Stereogum — Rhode Island's annual Newport Folk Festival went down over the weekend, and the lineup included Wilco, Fleet Foxes, Regina Spektor, Ben Gibbard, Angel Olsen, Margaret Glaspy, Big Thief, and many more. John Prine headlined the final day of the fest, a... more info

Stereogum — Angel Olsen performed at the Newport Folk Festival yesterday, and she brought along a special guest. My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James joined her during her set to perform My Woman's "Sister" and "Those Were The Days," and you can watch their onst... more info

Stereogum — Panorama Music Festival, AEG's combatant in the great festival wars of NYC, is going down at Randall's Island Park this weekend. But for those of us not on the front lines, Yahoo Music is livestreaming select performances from the festival this year,... more info

KEXP Seattle — review by Charlie Zaillian For three nights this past weekend, a remarkable, almost hard-to-believe array of talent — and 40,000 fans ready to take it all in — converged on the grounds surrounding the Los Angeles Coliseum. They call it ... more info