http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:03:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/26/the-tripwire-on-the-war-on-drugs-large-contained-landscapes/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/26/the-tripwire-on-the-war-on-drugs-large-contained-landscapes/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:30:40 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=141371 The War On Drugs played an NPR World Café session last week. Watching it, I was blown away by the band and the sound they’ve grown into. The session closes with “Arms Like Boulders,” possibly … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/26/the-tripwire-on-the-war-on-drugs-large-contained-landscapes/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/kurt-vile-the-creature-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/kurt-vile-the-creature-mp3/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:39:29 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=136360 Where’s the depressing yet strangely life-affirming road movie for which Kurt Vile’s “The Creature” will be the theme? Seriously, if it’s not in the works already, somebody please make this movie. Even if the plotline … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/kurt-vile-the-creature-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/04/video-kurt-vile-jesus-fever/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/04/video-kurt-vile-jesus-fever/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:00:42 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=103271 We never really thought about the piano at the end of Kurt Vile’s lovely, lovely “Jesus Fever” until we saw the city of Philadelphia projected on his guitar. It’s such a staggering conclusion to the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/04/video-kurt-vile-jesus-fever/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/22/stream-animal-collectives-all-tomorrows-parties-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/22/stream-animal-collectives-all-tomorrows-parties-mix/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:30:27 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=101203 You know what is insane on a mixtape? Big Boi‘s “Shine Blockas” into Kurt Vile‘s “Freeway.” You know what is insane in real life? Big Boi and Kurt Vile sharing a stage, or really Big … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/22/stream-animal-collectives-all-tomorrows-parties-mix/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/14/the-tripwire-a-place-much-like-kurt-viles-living-room/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/14/the-tripwire-a-place-much-like-kurt-viles-living-room/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:00:59 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=98977 Last week I got an unexpected night off of work. I ended up getting a haircut and just sort of wandering the neighborhood for a bit afterward and quite literally stumbled upon a leg of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/14/the-tripwire-a-place-much-like-kurt-viles-living-room/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/01/stream-kurt-viles-album-smoke-ring-for-my-halo/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/01/stream-kurt-viles-album-smoke-ring-for-my-halo/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:00:51 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=96045 Super stoked that we can finally talk about this album with anyone that cares now. Smoke Ring For My Halo, Kurt Vile‘s fourth(!) album is definitely his most accomplished yet—taking the seeds of brilliance that … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/01/stream-kurt-viles-album-smoke-ring-for-my-halo/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/kurt-vile-jesus-fever-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/kurt-vile-jesus-fever-mp3/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:30:48 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=85495 Now that the internet is such a thing (deal with it), we have the distinct fortune/misfortune of watching artists grow in front of our eyes. Their flaws are our flaws. It’s more a race about … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/07/kurt-vile-jesus-fever-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/22/bradford-cox-covers-bob-dylan-kurt-vile-on-atlas-sounds-bedroom-databank-vol-1/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/22/bradford-cox-covers-bob-dylan-kurt-vile-on-atlas-sounds-bedroom-databank-vol-1/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:30:19 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=79456 Georgian home recording ultra maven Bradford Cox has a new harmonica heavy mixtape available for free download on his blog. It sounds like The Beatles, it sounds like the Appalachians. It also (almost) literally sounds … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/22/bradford-cox-covers-bob-dylan-kurt-vile-on-atlas-sounds-bedroom-databank-vol-1/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/20/kurt-vile-in-my-time-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/20/kurt-vile-in-my-time-mp3/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:30:05 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=74522 You know how sometimes you’ll come home from work and you’ll definitely still have shit to do, but you’ll be like, You know what? I’m exhausted. It can wait until tomorrow. Gotta wonder if that … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/20/kurt-vile-in-my-time-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/download-kurt-viles-square-shells-ep-for-free-for-the-next-24-hours/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/download-kurt-viles-square-shells-ep-for-free-for-the-next-24-hours/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 15:52:33 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=30667 For just 24 hours (starting now! 11:30AM, May 25th, 2010), download Kurt Vile‘s excellent new Square Shells EP. It’s perfect for avoiding work and sitting on a roof with some sweet tea. Or you know, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/download-kurt-viles-square-shells-ep-for-free-for-the-next-24-hours/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/download-kurt-viles-square-shells-ep-for-free/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/download-kurt-viles-square-shells-ep-for-free/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 15:52:20 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=33907 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/25/download-kurt-viles-square-shells-ep-for-free/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/15/kurt-vile-releasing-new-ep-hear-invisibility-nonexistent/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/15/kurt-vile-releasing-new-ep-hear-invisibility-nonexistent/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:02:37 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=33489 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/15/kurt-vile-releasing-new-ep-hear-invisibility-nonexistent/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/14/kurt-vile-invisibility-nonexistent-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/14/kurt-vile-invisibility-nonexistent-mp3/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:15:58 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=25784 Up until right now, Kurt Vile‘s music was mostly pretty dense and turned inward. Sometimes when Vile sings you can barely hear a word he’s saying, and even that is surrounded by layered swirls of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/14/kurt-vile-invisibility-nonexistent-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/05/kurt-vile-plays-overnite-religion-for-cbc-radios-q-tv/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/05/kurt-vile-plays-overnite-religion-for-cbc-radios-q-tv/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:37:46 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=33028 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/05/kurt-vile-plays-overnite-religion-for-cbc-radios-q-tv/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/04/speaking-of-banjos-kurt-vile-explains-the-universe/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/04/speaking-of-banjos-kurt-vile-explains-the-universe/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:55:41 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=32971 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/04/speaking-of-banjos-kurt-vile-explains-the-universe/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/02/live-small-black-kurt-vile-at-brooklyn-bowl/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/02/live-small-black-kurt-vile-at-brooklyn-bowl/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:30:24 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=20432 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/02/live-small-black-kurt-vile-at-brooklyn-bowl/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/25/nyc-kurt-vile-and-small-black-come-to-the-fader-bowl/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/25/nyc-kurt-vile-and-small-black-come-to-the-fader-bowl/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:30:06 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=20261 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/25/nyc-kurt-vile-and-small-black-come-to-the-fader-bowl/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/20/the-fader-issue-64-free-download/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/20/the-fader-issue-64-free-download/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:06:24 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=18697 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/20/the-fader-issue-64-free-download/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/20/open-bar-with-kurt-vile-pt-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/20/open-bar-with-kurt-vile-pt-2/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:32:54 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=18679 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/20/open-bar-with-kurt-vile-pt-2/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/16/open-bar-with-kurt-vile-pt-1/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/16/open-bar-with-kurt-vile-pt-1/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:33:56 +0000 Hanly Banks http://www.thefader.com/?p=18426 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/16/open-bar-with-kurt-vile-pt-1/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/12/video-kurt-vile-freak-train/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/12/video-kurt-vile-freak-train/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:46:49 +0000 Peter Macia http://www.thefader.com/?p=17898 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/12/video-kurt-vile-freak-train/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/08/kurt-vile-mercury-lounge/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/08/kurt-vile-mercury-lounge/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:00:36 +0000 Rez Avissar http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=30740 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/08/kurt-vile-mercury-lounge/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/06/the-fader-issue-64-podcast-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/06/the-fader-issue-64-podcast-mp3/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:20:09 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=17217 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/06/the-fader-issue-64-podcast-mp3/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/29/stream-kurt-viles-childish-prodigy/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/29/stream-kurt-viles-childish-prodigy/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:24:01 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=16630 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/29/stream-kurt-viles-childish-prodigy/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/matador-just-posted-like-every-kurt-vile-video-ever/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/matador-just-posted-like-every-kurt-vile-video-ever/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:57:43 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=16257 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/matador-just-posted-like-every-kurt-vile-video-ever/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/kurt-vile-and-the-violators-live-in-philly/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/kurt-vile-and-the-violators-live-in-philly/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:09:46 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=30199 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/kurt-vile-and-the-violators-live-in-philly/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/11/video-kurt-vile-hes-alright-breathin-out/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/11/video-kurt-vile-hes-alright-breathin-out/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:01:20 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=14688 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/11/video-kurt-vile-hes-alright-breathin-out/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/09/kurt-vile-reveals-hunchback/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/09/kurt-vile-reveals-hunchback/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:45:35 +0000 Gracie Remington http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=29496 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/09/kurt-vile-reveals-hunchback/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/08/kurt-vile-hunchback-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/08/kurt-vile-hunchback-mp3/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:23:09 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=14192 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/08/kurt-vile-hunchback-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/02/party-in-the-pines-at-big-sur-part-2-kurt-vile/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/02/party-in-the-pines-at-big-sur-part-2-kurt-vile/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:09:07 +0000 Hanly Banks http://www.thefader.com/?p=13849 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/02/party-in-the-pines-at-big-sur-part-2-kurt-vile/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/01/party-in-the-pines-at-big-sur-part-1-dungen/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/01/party-in-the-pines-at-big-sur-part-1-dungen/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:09:30 +0000 Hanly Banks http://www.thefader.com/?p=13723 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/01/party-in-the-pines-at-big-sur-part-1-dungen/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/19/kurt-vile-performs-on-wfmu/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/19/kurt-vile-performs-on-wfmu/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:08:24 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=12692 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/19/kurt-vile-performs-on-wfmu/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/16/kurt-vile-overnite-religion-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/16/kurt-vile-overnite-religion-mp3/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:50:05 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=9675 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/16/kurt-vile-overnite-religion-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/07/fader-tv-a-gang-of-videos-from-the-woodsistcaptured-tracks-festival/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/07/fader-tv-a-gang-of-videos-from-the-woodsistcaptured-tracks-festival/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:05:32 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=8869 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/07/fader-tv-a-gang-of-videos-from-the-woodsistcaptured-tracks-festival/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/22/woods-to-tour-with-kurt-vile-dungen/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/22/woods-to-tour-with-kurt-vile-dungen/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:21:18 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=25351 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/06/22/woods-to-tour-with-kurt-vile-dungen/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/29/kurt-vile-signs-to-matador/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/29/kurt-vile-signs-to-matador/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 16:51:26 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=24007 Childish Prodigy, is set to unfurl this coming Autumn. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/29/kurt-vile-signs-to-matador/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/06/audio-freeload-kurt-vile-breathin-out-deep-sea/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/06/audio-freeload-kurt-vile-breathin-out-deep-sea/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:55:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/06/audio-freeload-kurt-vile-breathin-out-deep-sea/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/27/sxsw-2009-photos-the-rest-of-what-we-saw/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/27/sxsw-2009-photos-the-rest-of-what-we-saw/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:09:57 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=20069 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/27/sxsw-2009-photos-the-rest-of-what-we-saw/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/16/rcrd-lbl-freeload-kurt-vile-beach-on-the-moon-recycled-lyrics/ 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