Stereogum — Syrian singer Omar Souleyman is known for his ongoing festival presence and string of collabs with producers, notably his Four Tet-produced album Wenu Wenu. He returned earlier this summer with the LP Bahdeni Nami and now his album cut “Darb El Haw... more info

Stereogum — The veteran Syrian singer and extremely bad motherfucker Omar Souleyman has been all over the Western festival circuit in the past few years, and he released the Four Tet-produced album Wenu Wenu two years ago. Next week, he’ll follow that one up w... more info

Stereogum — Omar Souleyman has collaborated with a number of major producers, but his biggest success came in the form of 2013’s Wenu Wenu, which the Syrian musician co-produced with Four Tet. The last we heard from Souleyman was back in March, when he dropped... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Syrian singer Omar Souleyman will release his new album, Bahdeni Nami, on July 28 via Modeselektor's Monkeytown Records. That's the cover art above and Modeselektor produced some of it, like the nine-minute "Enssa El Aatab" which you can stream... more info

Stereogum — The Syrian singer and festival staple Omar Souleyman cuts a profoundly cool figure, and his winding, uptempo wedding-party music has captured the imaginations of music heads worldwide. On his last album, 2013’s Wenu Wenu, Souleyman worked exclusive... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The lineup has been expanded for the 2015 Big Ears Festival, happening March 27-29 in Knoxville, TN. New additions include psych pioneers Silver Apples, former Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton (performing HIVE), Syrian pop singer Omar Souleyman, folk... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Slingshot Festival is returning to Athens, GA from March 26-28, and this year's lineup includes a DJ set from LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy (one of three he's planned for this year), Jamie xx, Nosaj Thing, Clark, Saint Pepsi, Reptar,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Festival Nrmal is returning to Mexico from February 28 to March 1 in 2015, and the lineup features Swans, Phantogram, Future Islands, Black Angels, Machinedrum, Omar Souleyman, Majical Cloudz, TOPS, Twin Peaks, Peaking Lights, Kirin J Callinan, METZ,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield "Future Islands was so good last night. Incredible energy and so much booty shaking. The man has soul." - Jett Wells "Probably written more words on this band than any other over the years, but let's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Future Islands in Austin in April (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Future Islands, Operators, Omar Souleyman, Mas Ysa @ House of Vans... more info