Kevin Morby settles into the friendly confines of the National’s Aaron Dessner’s upstate New York studio Long Pond on Little Wide Open, his eighth studio album. The LP is led by the single “Javelin” and will be released May 15 through Dead Oceans. An extensive 2026 tour is also on the books. “Little Wide Open is […]
The Discover Weekly playlist that lands this Monday in my Spotify deck jolts me, packed as it is with jack-yo-body, hi-NRG-style club tomfoolery. Top of the 30 tunes that Spotify’s AI has selected for me is Marek Mela’s “Bring It” (“bring it bring it bring it bring it bring it”) followed by Christian Fletcher’s “Your […]
86-year-old legend Mavis Staples has rounded up a star-studded cast of collaborators for her new album, Sad and Beautiful World, arriving Nov. 7 from Anti-. The Brad Cook-produced project is led by Staples’ covers of Frank Ocean’s “Godspeed” and Kevin Morby’s “Beautiful Strangers,” the latter of which was written in tribute to victims of the […]
Kansas-based indie rock power couple Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield have released covers today (July 21) of Broadcast’s “Tears in the Typing Pool” and Guided By Voices’ “The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory” for a cause close to their hearts. Proceeds from the Bandcamp-exclusive tracks will benefit the Vote No Kansas PAC. The organization is […]
Kevin Morby grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb roughly 20 minutes outside of downtown Kansas City. We’ve both lived here at different points in time, and as we chat in Union Station, a historic landmark in the heart of the city, we instantly make connections over high schools, street intersections, and formative memories. The […]
The powers-that-be did their best to prevent this year’s Major League Baseball season from happening, but, alas, we’re back. By we, I mean the annual SPIN baseball preview. As usual, everyone (or almost everyone) is optimistic about their team’s chances in 2022. In 2021, a good chunk of the season was played with minimal fans […]
Kevin Morby has released a new single “Rock Bottom,” with an accompanying video this morning. The song comes from his forthcoming album This Is A Photograph which was announced earlier this month. Along with Morby himself, the “Rock Bottom” video features jewelry artist and TikTok star Ariel Kellogg along with Tim Heidecker. The playful video […]
Kevin Morby announced his new album This Is A Photograph set to be released on May 13 via the label Dead Oceans. To accompany the album announcement, Morby also shared the album’s title track and accompanying video. In the title track, Morby sings in a spoken word fashion over a rustic guitar riff that crescendos […]
The Woodsist Festival returns to Arrowood Farms in Accord, New York Sept. 25 and 26 and will be filled with rock bands from all over. Headliners include new additions Yo La Tengo and Parquet Courts alongside mainstays Kurt Vile, Kevin Morby and Woods. Tickets are available now here. Options vary for general admission (GA) two-day tickets, GA […]
Somehow, some way, it’s baseball season again. Yes, already. Last year’s abbreviated run saw the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in six games to win their first World Series title in 32 years, something that Ben Gibbard predicted in our 2020 preview. As you can imagine, Dodgers fans — especially the ones […]