The Avalanches don’t exactly believe in drowning us in new music. It’s been 13 years, and we’re still waiting for them to follow up Since I Left You (Their last endeavor was some music for an Australian stage-musical version of King Kong, and that was a few months ago.) But the DJ collective does have [...]

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Here’s a new demo from the Avalanches, a minimally-accompanied spoken word joint featuring Silver Jews’ David Berman, who reads. Remember, that mixtape posted back in April wasn’t actually from the band, so this is the first new bit of anything in quite some time. Hear it below. More details soon, we hope; the Avala...

The Avalanches haven’t released an album in about 11 years, but that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped paying attention. And since that album was Since I Left You, people pay attention when they make a fuss. Recently, The New York Times posted an interview with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon in which Vernon essential...