Katie Crutchfield celebrated the release of her impressive new Waxahatchee album, Out in the Storm, this month. Today, she returns with ..
Photo by Tonje Thilesen Back in May, (Sandy) Alex G let loose Rocket, his “most developed and accomplished album yet.” ..
Mark Kozelek already has three (!) albums under his belt this year and it’s not even August. Previously, the prolific songwriter ..
Earlier today, Feist’s latest album, Pleasure, was announced as a finalist for the 2017 Polaris Prize. The Canadian singer-songwriter ..
The Polaris Music Prize is the annual award given to the best Canadian album released between June 1st, 2016 and May 31st, 2017. Past winners ..
![[Post Post-Punk] – ‘Evensong’ (1985-1995)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-1465e0ed3910685f5a93220f8840cf76c81545c2-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.o7fz3SF9Tm.jpg "[Post Post-Punk] – ‘Evensong’ (1985-1995)")
¶ ¶ [ ¶ ¶ ‘The Dawning,’ from November 2015, has remained one of my favorite Musicophilia mixes in the blog’s ..
Rising UK producer Alex Crossan, aka Mura Masa, is prepping to release his debut album on July 14th. The self-titled LP features an impressive ..
The world’s oldest complete piece of music is, one theory goes, a tribute song. Dating from between 200 BC and 100 AD, the Seikilos ..
Jeff Tweedy has a new solo album on the way called Together At Last. Due out Friday (June 23rd), it’s comprised entirely of acoustic ..
Jeff Tweedy is gearing up to drop a new solo album this Friday, June 23rd. Titled Together At Last, it’s comprised of “intimate,” ..
The Queen of Hearts is the debut album from Offa Rex, the new collaborative project comprised of The Decemberists and British ..
Mark Kozelek has already released two albums this year, his collaborative album with Jesu, 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth, and the solo ..
Photo by Philip Cosores Fans everywhere will soon be able to perform the otherworldly music of Björk from the comfort ..
Photo by Jeremy Lange The Mountain Goats will release a new album called Goths on May 19th. In anticipation, the LP is streaming ..
One initiative that has helped soften the blow of Donald Trump’s presidency is Our First 100 Days campaign, as some of our favorite ..
Brooklyn Steel opened only a few weeks ago, and it’s a wonderfully welcome addition to the New York venue landscape. The sound ..
Photo by Philip Cosores English singer-songwriter and producer Archy Marshall is known for operating under a host of other names. There’s ..
Back in 2011, Feist and Mastodon appeared as music guests on an episode of Jools Holland. Since then, the acts have grown to become ..
Photo by Philip Cosores In addition to a US tour with Wilco, frontman Jeff Tweedy is prepping a new solo album for the summer. Titled ..
Photo by Tyler Knight On May 19th, Land of Talk will release their first album in almost a decade, Life After Youth. The follow-up ..
Photo by Nina Corcoran City Music is the forthcoming album from Kevin Morby, slated to hit shelves June 16th through Dead Oceans. ..
On the heels of a recent 20th anniversary reissue of Elliott Smith’s breakthrough album, Either/Or, fans of the singer-songwriter ..
Father John Misty performed on Saturday Night Live in early March, where he debuted “Total Entertainment Forever” and fantasized ..
Conor Oberst has shared a new music video for “Barbary Coast (Later)”, a single taken from his most recent album, Salutations. ..
When Bruce Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, he half-jokingly thanked his father for their complex and often ..
March tends to be a pivotal month in the music calendar and not just for the hordes of buzz bands vying for attention at Austin’s ..
Feature photo by Ben Rouse Last year, rising singer-songwriter Trevor Sensor released his critically acclaimed Texas Girls ..
Strand of Oaks’ Timothy Showalter released his fifth studio effort, Hard Love, back in February. In continued support of ..
Many of the contributions to Our First 100 Days have highlighted the struggles of the modern political and cultural landscape. That makes ..
Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins Cory Branan has never been an average country musician, even if you add the “alt” prefix ..
Heartbreak is a curious thing. It’s an unmatched pain, ruthless even. But it’s also perhaps the best catalyst for creativity, ..
Aimee Mann appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday in support of her first album in five years, the excellent ..
Mark Kozelek issued a new album as Sun Kil Moon just last month, but today he’s back with a brand new EP under ..
Marissa Nadler had a pretty fruitful 2016, releasing both her album Strangers and its companion EP, Bury Your Name. She also nabbed ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk ’85’ (1983-1985)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_various_-bf815225bbee979433c4fa5dacf56f52188cc6e7-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk ’85’ (1983-1985)")
¶ ¶ Last year’s ‘Le Monde du Funk Vol. 9‘ explored funk, jazz/fusion, R&B, pop and art rock in the mid to late ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk’ (1973-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.commusicophilia_00_le-monde-5ae3dd19cea81f93f27d3363b8a10ba1c27457f9-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Monde du Funk’ (1973-1977)")
¶ ¶ Just in time to say goodbye to a year that has seemed like an endless winter, here’s a little summer sunshine. ..
For the latest episode, San Diego singer-songwriter Erin Bower sat with me in my bedroom where we indulged in sake and chatted about our insecurities ..
![[Sensory Replication Series] – ‘The Depths’ – (1971-2013)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comthe-depths_v011-73396df09741efc422a207f83ddf51cb211056b2-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.TryWUo-yOn.jpg "[Sensory Replication Series] – ‘The Depths’ – (1971-2013)")
¶ ¶ Continuing the tradition of Musicophilia’s most adventurous (and admittedly, least popular) mixes, the ‘Sensory ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Nouveau Son’ – Vol. 4 (1969-1976)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_le-nouveau-son_volume-a89a6e67e8dfb53e7f0a8bbed453ead84bad3c7e-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Nouveau Son’ – Vol. 4 (1969-1976)")
¶ ¶ ¶ On my latest trip to Paris, in a little hole-in-the-wall in the Montparnasse, I chanced upon another forgotten compilation ..
![[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘Their Hearts Had Six Strings’ – Vol. 3 & 4 (1967-1976)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-9b795ebccf68fff87da7dbec189203b384f96446-250x250.jpg "[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘Their Hearts Had Six Strings’ – Vol. 3 & 4 (1967-1976)")
¶ ¶ Three years on from the first two volumes (‘His Heart Had Six Strings‘ and ‘Her Heart Had Six Strings‘) ..
![[One-Off] – ‘The Gold and the Silver Dream’ (1971-1982) (After Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_musicophlia_-_various_-9c29fc1e4cdbea92207393662c6cf1cb43247b77-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.EjAEHXo1e5.jpg "[One-Off] – ‘The Gold and the Silver Dream’ (1971-1982) (After Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’)")
¶ ¶ Hello! Musicophilia is at this point mostly a memory–but it’s back from the dead, at least for a little ..
![[Year-End] – ‘A Year in the Light’ (2010)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-976f72abf73bbb002152bcba3c775594ab075a8f-250x250.jpg "[Year-End] – ‘A Year in the Light’ (2010)")
¶ ¶ ‘A Year in the Light’ began as the 2010 installment of the ‘Get Off My Lawn‘ series, but ended up as something ..
![[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘Her Heart Had Six Strings’ – Vol. 2 (1965-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-19c9e7554913a05e3ea8498369486fa9ca2c14d1-250x250.jpg "[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘Her Heart Had Six Strings’ – Vol. 2 (1965-1977)")
¶ ¶ Finally following up ‘His Heart Had Six Strings,’ here’s the second volume in Musicophilia’s singer-songwriter ..
![[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘His Heart Had Six Strings,’ Vol. 1 (1968-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder-35a9204564bced14bd5be808cb22dc8487367832-250x250.jpg "[Singer-Songwriter] – ‘His Heart Had Six Strings,’ Vol. 1 (1968-1977)")
¶ ¶ Say the words “singer-songwriter” to some music geeks, and you may induce a Pavlovian cringe. It’s ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Mystère de la Musique,’ Volume Two (1974-1977)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder1-49ed16d8f83e00aaea45b16d7e05893b8fc25f18-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Mystère de la Musique,’ Volume Two (1974-1977)")
¶ ¶ http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/696762/Musicophilia-Daily/2009-09/Furey%2C%20Lewis%20-%20Last%20Night%20%281975%29.mp3 Following ..
![[One-Off] – ‘Still’ (1630-1999)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comfolder2-238d94ade1d82065166e6318abc272ffb8ede417-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.s9m63-V4-L.jpg "[One-Off] – ‘Still’ (1630-1999)")
¶ ¶ Note: Some listeners report getting an error when unpacking the .zip file containing the mix, leaving them with only ..
![[Miniatures Series] – ‘Lullaby No. 2’ (1903-2004)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comminiatures-lullaby-no-2-7ec3824ecfe2469e9040834a45de3300871f8682-250x250.jpg "[Miniatures Series] – ‘Lullaby No. 2’ (1903-2004)")
¶ ¶ The second ‘Lullaby’ mix in the ongoing Miniatures series is (like its predecessor, the early-70s-oriented ‘Les ..
![[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 4′ (1968-1971)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.com00_various_-_le-tour-du-m-55404c912c0f46f93e746de95db8c3927d3deb27-250x250.jpg "[Musique du Monde] – ‘Le Tour du Monde, Volume 4′ (1968-1971)")
¶ ¶ Back again with the third “reissued” release in the ‘Le Tour du Monde‘ series: ‘Volume 4,’ ..
![[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 3′ (1967-1971)](/wp-content/uploads/musicophilia.files_.wordpress.comles-miniatures_volume03_f-4991a104024757675a37352a03cb43216cd66560-250x250.jpg "[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 3′ (1967-1971)")
¶ ¶ ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 3’ is the second mix in the ‘Les Miniatures‘ series, fifth in the ‘Miniatures‘ ..
![[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 12’ (1971-1975)](/wp-content/uploads/xmusicophilia.files_.wordpress.comles-miniatures_volume12_f-3dd1024e4f594b089475e140f8cb4764b74f2664-250x250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.lMZWnXGYQ-.jpg "[Miniatures Series] – ‘Les Miniatures, Volume 12’ (1971-1975)")
¶ ¶ ‘Les Miniatures’ is a new series of mixes combining the methodology of the ‘Miniatures’ series— ..