Jeremy Earl, leader of the psychedelic indie-folk band Woods, has been running his Woodsist label for a long time. Every year, he brings a bunch of likeminded bands together for the Woodsist Festival, a bucolic affair that always looks extremely pleasant. This year, the Woodsist Fest will return to New York’s Hudson Valley, and the lin...

Camera Obscura owe their reunion to a rock cruise. More specifically, an exceedingly twee indie-rock voyage hosted by fellow Glaswegians Belle & Sebastian. In 2019, Camera Obscura — on extended hiatus since the death of longtime keyboardist Carey Lander — accepted a personal invitation from Stuart Murdoch to join them, Mogwai, Teena...

In 2019, Built To Spill celebrated 20 years of Keep It Like A Secret with an anniversary tour. Today, they announced two anniversary shows to celebrate 30 years of There’s Nothing Wrong With Love with Yo La Tengo, one in Portland and one in Seattle.

Yo La Tengo have covered the Grateful Dead quite a bit over the years, but they broke out a new one last night in San Francisco. Playing at the Fillmore, a club the Dead frequented in their early days, YLT teamed with Sun Ra Arkestra to perform “New Speedway Boogie” for the first time. Watch footage of the eight-minute perfor...

Yo La Tengo played Chicago’s Metro venue last night, where they brought out Wilco to play four covers during the encore. Earlier in the night, Yo La Tengo actually covered Wilco’s “If I Ever Was A Child,” and later both bands covered the Beatles’ “She’s A Woman,” Bob...