Video: Kurt Vile & The Violators – Runners Up
Bonnaroo newcomer Kurt Vile & The Violators play a track from Ring For My Halo for KEXP.
Bonnaroo newcomer Kurt Vile & The Violators play a track from Ring For My Halo for KEXP.

Photos from Day 3 (Sunday, May 27) of the Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, WA. All photos by Joan Bowlen.Bands included: Hospitality (@hospitalityband), Here We Go Magic (@herewegomagic), Gardens & Villa (@gardensandvilla), The War On Drugs (@warondrugsjams), Deer Tick (@deertickmusic), Wild Flag (@wildflagmusic), The Walkmen (@TheWalkmen), Zola Jesus (@ZOLAJESUS)
David Schultz checks in from the final day of SXSW.
The War On Drugs debuts their new video for the Slave Ambient track Brothers.
We proudly present our picks for the Best Five Albums of 2011.

Akin to Spiritualized filtered through urban Philadelphia, The War on Drugs is often cited as Springsteen influenced. Undoubtedly, a mournful Nebraska-era sensibility drives the melodic reverie but this is only the Boss after a codeine laced blunt. By creating atmospheres within and around their melodies, The War on Drugs expanded the walls of Bunk Bar. It’s easy to feel the rock n roll brawn underneath the smoke but it is these lush textures that guide a head into the cosmos.
We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays.
When we first mentioned the name Kurt Vile, it was back in January of 2009 as part of a Blips piece on the band The War On Drugs, a group
We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… Since debuting in August of 2007, Nickelodeon’s Yo Gabba