Kurt Vile

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: 10 Bands to See for Free

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2011: Robert Plant, Thurston Moore, Broken Social Scene, and More

Broken Social Scene is one of more than 90 acts playing Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this year.​ The lineup for this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is out, and good luck figuring out whom to call the "headliner." For the festival's 11th year, organizers have put together another insane ... More >>

Music Links: Kurt Vile in the Bedroom, 13-Year-Old's Benefit Show, More

Before his sold-out show tonight, Kurt Vile played in Yours Truly's bedroom. It was rad. Watch the video. [Yours Truly]Local eighth-grader organizes a Great American Music Hall show called "It Gets Indie" on Monday for a good cause. [The Bay Bridged]

Kurt Vile: Show Preview

Before his sold-out show tonight, Kurt Vile played in Yours Truly's bedroom. It was rad. Watch the video. [Yours Truly]Local eighth-grader organizes a Great American Music Hall show called "It Gets Indie" on Monday for a good cause. [The Bay Bridged]

In Print: the Subversive Beauty of tUnE-yArDs, Del the Funky Homosapien's Trip to Hip-Hop's Past, and More

Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs​ From SF Weekly's latest print music section: On tUnE-yArDs: Welcome to the edge of experimental pop in 2011. Garbus has just seen the release of tUne-yArDs' second album, w h o k i l l, which seems all but certain to accelerate her rise from DIY curiosity into one o ... More >>

A Stoned Moan with J Mascis and Several Shades of Why

​ This week's joint: J Mascis' Several Shades Of Why ​Behind the Buzz: To Dinosaur Jr. fans, the idea of a J Mascis acoustic album fails to spring unbidden into the mind's ear. On blunderbuss masterpieces like 1987's You're Living All Over Me, mainman Mascis founded a durably influential heavy ... More >>

Friday's Pick: Woods, Kurt Vile, The Art Museums, The Mantles at Slim's

Woods​There's been much conjecture on how to get your music heard in a time of eroding CD sales. Many bands are encouraged to embrace technology and gimmicky marketing schemes. There is also the Woods way. Since 2006, the Brooklyn indie-rock band has released an album every year on its own label, ... More >>

Real Estate, Woods, Moon Duo, Kurt Vile at Woodsist Show in Big Sur

Sarah McKayKurt Vile​You know how lots of dudes have their "fantasy" sports teams, where they get all crazy about their dream combinations of men with bats and balls? Well I have fantasy concerts, all the time, most of them involving some picturesque outdoor venue--in Big Sur--and a lineup involvi ... More >>

Let's Get Killed's Top Albums of 2009

Sarah McKayKurt Vile​You know how lots of dudes have their "fantasy" sports teams, where they get all crazy about their dream combinations of men with bats and balls? Well I have fantasy concerts, all the time, most of them involving some picturesque outdoor venue--in Big Sur--and a lineup involvi ... More >>

Blues Control’s sonic hypnosis

Sarah McKayKurt Vile​You know how lots of dudes have their "fantasy" sports teams, where they get all crazy about their dream combinations of men with bats and balls? Well I have fantasy concerts, all the time, most of them involving some picturesque outdoor venue--in Big Sur--and a lineup involvi ... More >>

Track of the Day: Kurt Vile

Shawn Brackbill​If you can't get into the free, 'secret' Weezer show at the Regency--or if you just want your tunes a little muddier, a little more dirt under those fret-torn nails--there's another good music gig tonight we can recommend. Lo-fi troubador Kurt Vile brings his Violators to the Hemlo ... More >>

Cold Cave

Shawn Brackbill​If you can't get into the free, 'secret' Weezer show at the Regency--or if you just want your tunes a little muddier, a little more dirt under those fret-torn nails--there's another good music gig tonight we can recommend. Lo-fi troubador Kurt Vile brings his Violators to the Hemlo ... More >>

The Outside Lands alternative: In the Pines

Shawn Brackbill​If you can't get into the free, 'secret' Weezer show at the Regency--or if you just want your tunes a little muddier, a little more dirt under those fret-torn nails--there's another good music gig tonight we can recommend. Lo-fi troubador Kurt Vile brings his Violators to the Hemlo ... More >>

Kurt Vile loses job, gains indie clout

Shawn Brackbill​If you can't get into the free, 'secret' Weezer show at the Regency--or if you just want your tunes a little muddier, a little more dirt under those fret-torn nails--there's another good music gig tonight we can recommend. Lo-fi troubador Kurt Vile brings his Violators to the Hemlo ... More >>

Summer's Best Lineup in Big Sur: Woods, Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink, More

Josh WildmanGang Gang Dance likes treesI've been to lots of great (((folkYEAH!))) events over the years, but this one--just announced--for Saturday, August 29 is pretty much the sweetest lineup they've had yet. For one night the indie promoter is teaming with Kemado Records to host "In the Pines," f ... More >>