Adrianne Lenker was in the throes of a breakup this spring when she holed up in a one-room cabin in Western Massachusetts and spent a few weeks crafting the paired […]
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Folk-leaning indie outfit Big Thief close out a banner 2019 with their second album of the year, Two Hands
If Big Thief had only given us May’s U.F.O.F., they already would’ve been one of the most compelling indie bands of 2019. Then in August, the folk-leaning Brooklyn four-piece dropped […]
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The Pitchfork Music Festival reveals the final names of its 2018 lineup
It took three weeks, but Pitchfork has now announced the names of all the artists performing at its 13th festival, including headliners Fleet Foxes and Lauryn Hill.
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its second wave of acts for 2018
Reader intern Rachel Yang returns to the Violet Hour to see who will join the 14 previously announced performers at this summer’s Pitchfork Music Festival.
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Big Thief’s folk rock fills in life’s shadows on Capacity
Big Thief’s gentle, gorgeous folk rock belies its gloomiest themes. As Adrianne Lenker, the guitarist and vocalist of the Brooklyn indie band, told Uproxx in June, the combination of mellifluous […]
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Things to do in Chicago: Bang Bang Pie dinner, a reflection on Obama, and more
Gender in the Old-Time Saloon, Write Club, and more happenings from January 9-12