• Kurt Vile @ The Lexington, Dec 15th.

    Kurt Vile @ The Lexington, Dec 15th.

    What? Kurt Vile the Constant Hitmaker from Philadelphia comes to town to play with his band the Violators. We can’t stress how excited we are about this one. Kurt Vile is set to release his second album ‘Childish Prodigy’ later in October, it’s his first for his new label Matador and it’s undoubtedly one of our most anticipated releases of the year.

    For Fans Of: The White Stripes, Girls, Real Estate. // more

    Music Mule Pick Gig of the Week

  • Just For Kicks: The Flaming Lips, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Kurt Vile.

    There is such an insane amount of top drawer new music reaching the Music Mule inbox at the moment that it’s been a real struggle to select three tracks for this weekend’s just for kicks but alas we have done it! New FLAMING LIPS is just one reason to get excited and then there’s two new bands we hope you’ll be hearing a lot more from in the shape of Frankie & The Heartstrings and Kurt Vile. // more