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Kurt Vile has announced ‘Philadelphia’s been good to me’, a homecoming album years in the making
The largely self-produced record arrives via Verve this spring.
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Kurt Samuel Vile (born January 3, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work, music released under the name Kurt Vile and The Violators, and as the former lead guitarist of the band the War on Drugs. Vile's backing band, the Violators, has included Jesse Trbovich, Kyle Spence, and Adam Langellotti. His musical influences include Pavement, John Prine, Neil Young, Ween, Tom Petty, Dinosaur Jr., Bruce Springsteen, and John Fahey. Vile began his musical career creating lo-fi home recordings with Adam Granduciel in Philadelphia, participating in early work by the War on Drugs and various solo projects. He released two albums, Constant Hitmaker (2008) and God Is Saying This to You... (2009), which compiled home recordings from 2003. In 2009, Vile signed with Matador Records and released his third album, Childish Prodigy, his first recorded in a studio with the full participation of the Violators.
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Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE, Kelly Lee Owens and more have been added to End Of The Road 2026
Factory Floor, Rostam, Ratboys and more join the festival's 20th anniversary edition.
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Kurt Vile has announced a new hour-long EP for November
Check out opening track 'Another good year for the roses'.
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"Charli is just our favest" - Kurt Vile and his daughters have covered Charli XCX's 'Constant Repeat'
It was shared by Amazon Music to celebrate Charli winning the Visionary Award at 2023's Ivor Novellos.
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Kurt Vile has shared another new track, 'Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)'
It's the latest taster of upcoming album '(Watch My Moves)'.
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Kurt Vile has shared a new single, 'Hey Like A Child'
The track is taken from his new album '(watch my moves), set for release on 15th April via Verve Records.
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Kurt Vile has announced his new album '(watch my moves)' for April
The full-length was recorded in Kurt's home studio, OKV Central.
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Kurt Vile has launched a new mostly-covers EP with 'How Lucky', a duet with John Prine
The EP's out in a few weeks.
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Kurt Vile has announced a new European tour, featuring a show at London's Islington Assembly Hall
It's his first European solo tour in six years.
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Kurt Vile has announced his new solo album, 'Bottle It In'
The news comes alongside a brand new track from the album, ‘Bassackwards’.
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Kurt Vile makes a nuisance of himself in the video for his new track, 'Loading Zones'
It turns out Kurt Vile is both very bad at parking, and has new music.
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Kurt Vile is either very bad at parking, or he has new music coming soon
It's def one or the other.
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Kurt Vile has announced his first UK and European shows in bloody ages
He'll arrive in the UK early November.
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Kurt Vile expands tour
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Kurt Vile is turned into a squirrel for animated TV series Animals
Kurt Vile has appeared as a guest star on HBO's animated series, Animals- as a cartoon squirrel. Watch a pretty odd clip below. The series’ eighth episo...
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Kurt Vile is a squirrel
Kurt Vile is a squirrel. No, seriously. Or at least he is in HBO’s new animated series Animals. Last week A$AP Ferg and A$AP Rocky appeared as a pair of...
