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11 Best Songs of the Week: IAN SWEET, Yumi Zouma, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Vagabon, and More

Plus Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee, Steven Wilson, The Big Moon, Wild Nothing, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 15, 2023

Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week’s selections come from artists hailing from across the globe: New Zealand, England, Finland, Israel, and of course America. More

Vagabon Shares Video for New Song “Lexicon”

Sorry I Haven’t Called Due Out This Friday via Nonesuch

Sep 12, 2023

Vagabon (the project of Lætitia Tamko) is releasing her third album, Sorry I Haven’t Called, this Friday via Nonesuch. Now she has shared its latest single, “Lexicon,” via a music video. More

Vagabon Shares Video For New Song “Do Your Worst”

Sorry I Haven’t Called Due Out September 15 via Nonesuch

Jul 20, 2023

Vagabon, aka Lætitia Tamko, has shared a music video for her new song “Do Your Worst,” which is the latest single shared from her upcoming album Sorry I Haven’t Called. More

Vagabon Announces New Album, Shares Music Video for Lead Single “Can I Talk My Shit?”

Sorry I Haven’t Called Due Out September 15 via Nonesuch

Jun 15, 2023

Vagabon (the project of Lætitia Tamko) has announced the release of her third studio album, Sorry I Haven’t Called, and shared it’s latest single, “Can I Talk My Shit?” via a music video directed by Zac Dov Wiesel. More

Pitchfork Music Festival Announces 2023 Lineup: The Smile, Big Thief, and Bon Iver to Headline

Festival Will Take Place July 21–23 at Chicago’s Union Park; Lineup Also Features Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, and More

Mar 20, 2023

Pitchfork Music Festival has announced their 2023 lineup. The Smile, Big Thief, and Bon Iver will be headlining. Other acts include Weyes Blood, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Alvvays, Nation of Language, and more. More

11 Best Songs of the Week: John Cale, M83, U.S. Girls, Miss Grit, and More

Plus Lonnie Holley and Michael Stipe, Vagabon, Young Fathers, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jan 13, 2023

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2023. After a quiet period last week, this week was roaring with album announcements and new songs. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More

Jan 12, 2023

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has shared a new song, “Carpenter.” Rostam produced the song. More

Oct 26, 2021

SASAMI (aka Los Angeles-based musician Sasami Ashworth) has announced the release of a new album titled Squeeze. It will be out on February 25 via Domino. Ashworth has also shared videos for two new singles: “The Greatest” and “Skin a Rat,” and has announced a headlining U.S. tour for 2022. Jennifer Juniper Stratford directed the video for “The Greatest” and Andrew Thomas Huang (FKA twigs, Björk) both directed the “Skin a Rat” visual and shot the album’s cover art. More

Apr 01, 2021

Sharon Van Etten has shared a cover of “Don’t Do It,” originally featured on her 2010 Epic album, performed by Courtney Barnett and featuring Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko). The new cover is the fifth song release from her upcoming anniversary album, epic Ten, which will be out on April 16 via Ba Da Bing. More

Jan 07, 2021

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has teamed up with Courtney Barnett to cover Karen Dalton’s version of “Reason to Believe” (the very original 1965 version of the song was by Tim Hardin). Vagabon has also announced a livestream concert. More

Vagabon Shares New Horror Movie Soundtrack Song “The Wild”

The Turning Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Out Now via KRO/Sony Music Masterworks

Jan 24, 2020

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has shared a new song, “The Wild.” It is taken from the soundtrack to the horror film The Turning, which is a more modern version of Henry James’ 1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw. More

Jan 21, 2020

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) released a new self-titled album last October via Nonesuch. Now she has announced some new North American tour dates for this spring. More

Dec 17, 2019

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has just recently passed the mark of having lived in the U.S. as long as in her native Cameroon. In the brief 13 years that have passed since her immigration to America, Tamko has taught herself guitar, graduated college, and in 2017 released her first album, the critically acclaimed Infinite Worlds. More

8 Best Songs of the Week: Jack Peñate, Foals, Vagabon, Wolf Parade, and More

Plus Michael Kiwanuka, Little Scream, Matt Berninger, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Oct 18, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was a pretty light week, in terms of new songs this week. Hence we only have a Top 8. More

Vagabon Shares Video for New Song “Every Woman”

Vagabon Due Out This Friday via Nonesuch

Oct 14, 2019

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) is releasing a new self-titled album this Friday (October 18) via Nonesuch. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Every Woman,” via a video for the track. More

Vagabon Shares Stylish Video for “Water Me Down”

Vagabon Due Out October 18 via Nonesuch

Sep 16, 2019

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) is releasing a new self-titled album on October 18 via Nonesuch. Now she has shared a stylish video for the previously shared single “Water Me Down” (which was one of our Songs of the Week). More

9 Best Songs of the Week: Squid, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Guerilla Toss, SASAMI, and More

Plus Vagabon, Cigarettes After Sex, Iggy Pop, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Aug 30, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. Usually we have a Top 10, but last week it was a Top 13 and the week before it was a Top 12. This week, however, the pickings were slimmer and the best we could muster was a Top 9. More

Vagabon Shares New Song “Water Me Down”

Vagabon Due Out October 18 via Nonesuch

Aug 27, 2019

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) is releasing a new self-titled album on October 18 via Nonesuch. Now she has shared another song from it, “Water Me Down.” More

11 Best Songs of the Week: Marika Hackman, Shura, Sleater-Kinney, Bat For Lashes, and More

Plus Bruce Springsteen, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Purple Mountains, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Jun 14, 2019

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We couldn’t quite limit it to a Top 10 this week, there were enough strong new tracks to stretch it to a Top 11. There were several notable albums announced this week, which meant a lot of strong new singles to choose from. More

Vagabon Announces New Album, Shares New Song “Flood Hands”

All the Women in Me Due Out September 27 via Nonesuch

Jun 13, 2019

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has announced a new album, All the Women in Me, and shared its first single, “Flood Hands.” More

May 14, 2019

Angel Olsen has announced some fall North American tour dates that will be her first full band tour since 2017. They include shows across the country in October, November, and December. Vagabon will support most dates. More

Courtney Barnett Announces More U.S. Tour Dates, Julien Baker and Vagabon to Support

Tell Me How You Really Feel Due Out May 18 via Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists/Milk! Records

Feb 20, 2018

Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett is releasing a new album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, on May 18 via Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists/Milk! Records. Previously she shared its first single, “Nameless, Faceless,” via a video for the song. (It was our #1 Song of the Week.) Now she has announced some new North American tour dates to go down this July. More



Interviews

Dec 17, 2019

Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko) has just recently passed the mark of having lived in the U.S. as long as in her native Cameroon. In the brief 13 years that have passed since her immigration to America, Tamko has taught herself guitar, graduated college, and in 2017 released her first album, the critically acclaimed Infinite Worlds. More


Reviews

Mar 28, 2023

Weyes Blood and Vagabon lit up Denver’s Gothic Theater the other weekend and Under the Radar were there to see it. More

Oct 18, 2019

Performing under the pseudonym Vagabon, Lætitia Tamko truly operates as a one-woman show on her self-titled sophomore album. Tamko was dealt more than a handful of setbacks in getting her latest release out into the world. More