Artist Kurt Vile
Features & Interviews
Don’t Stop B’lieveing: Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile gets more confident by the record. It helps when your home city declares it to be ‘Kurt Vile Day’, after all.
24th September 2015
Album Reviews
3 Stars
Kurt Vile - Bottle It In
Maybe, just maybe, some mistakes are worth it.
4 Stars
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice
One of the year’s best link-ups.
4 Stars
Kurt Vile - b’lieve i’m goin down
His most open, captivating work to date.
News
Tracks: Royal Blood, Bastille, The Shins and more
The biggest and best tracks of the past week, rounded up and reviewed.
September 25, 2020 6:30pm
News
Kurt Vile announces ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep)’
He’s sharing a new duet, ‘How Lucky’, with John Prine too.
September 24, 2020 3:05pm
News
Kurt Vile announces UK and European solo shows
He’ll be returning for his first European solo shows in six years.
January 13, 2020 10:53am
News
Kurt Vile unveils ‘(bottle back)’ documentary
The 20-minute visuals follow Kurt and friends pre-tour in upper state New York.
October 3, 2019 3:57pm
News
Watch Kurt Vile perform ‘Yeah Bones’ on US telly
The singer took to Seth Meyers to play a track from his latest ‘Bottle It In’ album.
February 13, 2019 5:10pm
News
Kurt Vile, The National, Warpaint and more contribute tracks to new voting awareness campaign
‘Songs For Swing Left’ aims to raise awareness of voting Democrat in swing cities.
October 26, 2018 12:11pm
News
Kurt Vile releases new single ‘One Trick Ponies’
The musician’s new album ‘Bottle It Up’ is out next week.
October 4, 2018 5:41pm
News
Kurt Vile announces new album ‘Bottle It In’ and shares new single ‘Bassackwards’
The new album will be out next month!
September 10, 2018 5:10pm
News
Kurt Vile announces European tour
It’ll be his first dates with The Violators in nearly two years.
April 24, 2018 11:05am
Features
The DIY List 2017: we wanna be in their gang
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 - here are the groups or link-ups that we wish someone had invited us into this year.
December 21, 2017 2:00pm
Features
Kurt ‘n’ Courtney
What ‘dya get when you blend one of Philly’s brightest talents with Melbourne’s finest? ‘Lotta Sea Lice’ - a meeting of minds, spanning the Pacific ocean - was an accidental collaborative album.
October 12, 2017 3:54pm
News
The October 2017 issue of DIY - featuring St Vincent, Bully, IDLES and more - is out now!
DIY is free - pick up a copy in our usual, beloved UK stockists or read for free online.
October 6, 2017 11:58am
News
St Vincent is on the cover of the October issue of DIY!
The new mag - out this Friday (6th October) - also features Bully, IDLES, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile and more.
October 4, 2017 12:58pm
News
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile keep it in the family in their ‘Continental Breakfast’ video
Their collaborative album ‘Lotta Sea Lice’ is out next month.
September 27, 2017 8:26am
News
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile unveil first collaborative track ‘Over Everything’
They’ve also announced all the info on LP ‘Lotta Sea Lice’
August 31, 2017 11:21am
News
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile have given details on their album ‘Lotta Sea Lice’
They revealed it’ll be out in October in an interview.
August 29, 2017 6:05pm
News
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile team up for tour, collaborative album
They’re touring the US and Canada this autumn.
June 7, 2017 3:49pm
Reviews / Live Reviews
Kurt Vile gets celebratory at Latitude 2016
A self-facing but charming set helps close day two.
July 17, 2016 11:07am
Reviews / Live Reviews
Mumford & Sons close book on world tour with joyous BST Hyde Park set
It’s a feat unlikely to go unrepeated.
July 11, 2016 12:00am
Reviews / Live Reviews
LCD Soundsystem continue victory lap on day three of Open’er 2016
The Polish festival rolls along with sets from LCD Soundsystem and Sigur Rós.
July 2, 2016 12:30pm