For about a decade, Tim Presley has worked to combine aspects of pop, punk, and lo-fi psychedelia under the name White Fence. On the recent I Have to Feed Larry’s Hawk (Drag City), the guitarist and songwriter delivers what might be his best amalgamation of those musical interests yet. After leading Los Angeles psych band […]
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At Pitchfork, all the world’s onstage
Cate Le Bon, Black Midi, Ibeyi, and Chai are among the acts from abroad at the festival this year.
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Cate Le Bon settles into her pleasant weirdness on Reward
Cate Le Bon makes pleasant weirdo pop music. It’s not so experimental that you couldn’t imagine it on mainstream radio, and in fact her songs have been used in TV shows, including the award-winning comedy-drama Transparent and the British rich-kid reality show Made in Chelsea. Le Bon’s lyrics come across like they’re borrowed from poems […]
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The 2019 Pitchfork Music Festival announces its lineup
Headliners Robyn, Haim, and the Isley Brothers are joined on the bill by the likes of Pusha T, Stereolab, and Mavis Staples.
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LA’s Tim Presley continues his collaboration with Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon on The Wink
Over the last couple of years LA underground rock fixture Tim Presley (aka White Fence) has been working regularly with beguiling Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon. In 2015 they released a fascinating mess of a record under the name Drinks, and last fall Presley dropped his first album under his given name, one on which […]
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Check out ‘Wonderful,’ the new single from Cate Le Bon
A track from the forthcoming album Crab Day by Welsh singer Cate Le Bon
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My favorite albums of 2013, numbers 20 through 11
The countdown of my favorite albums from 2013, part three
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My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21
The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two
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12 O’Clock Track: Cate Le Bon, “Fold the Cloth”
The video for “Fold the Cloth,” one of many great songs from Cate Le Bon’s superb new Cyrk.
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Don’t miss Welsh thrush Cate Le Bon
Keep an ear cocked for up-and-coming Welsh singer Cate Le Bon, who opens for St. Vincent Wednesday night at Metro.