Last week, the UK's Larmer Tree Gardens hosted a hilariously deep bill for the End Of The Road Festival, a lineup that featured Joanna Newsom, Kurt Vile, Tinawiren, Lykke Li, Best Coast, the Walkmen…   Read Story »

The Courage of Others is a pretty, brave record. (It's your courage, Midlake, not someone else's...) A lot of longtime fans seem(ed) confused/put off by its ’60s Brit folk nods, flutes, and…   Read Story »

At different times, Midlake and The Sophtware Slump-era Grandaddy were getting Radiohead comparisons. Both have moved on from the label (for better or worse) or moved on entirely, as Lytle has. In…   Read Story »

The second show of Midlake's The Courage Of Others support tour brought a good bit of Denton, TX (openers Matthew And The Arrogant Sea also hail from the UNT homebase) and a 90 minute headlining set…   Read Story »

Forget what you've heard: The '60s Brit folk-nodding The Courage Of Others is a beautifully downcast, pleasingly oddball trip. The Guardian had the band do a fluted live set, offering another way…   Read Story »

Midlake's long-awaited third LP trades in the Fleetwood Mac for British and stoner folk, occasionally epic builds with an eye toward environmental issues. "Roscoe" it's not, but it doesn't need to…   Read Story »

Midlake really did it this time. It's not to say the Dentonites spent every last second of the past three years working exclusively on their long anticipated followup to 2006's Trials Of Van…   Read Story »

This year in music was great and we'rea gonna let it finish (sorry), but in terms of notable album releases the ship has sailed. No offense, 30 Seconds To Mars. While the Gummys' virtual poll booth…   Read Story »

Three years ago, Midlake released The Trials Of Van Occupanther, a sweetly harmonized, intimately rocking sophomore album that took them far away from their native Denton, TX, placing them on big…   Read Story »

We rarely conduct interviews at Stereogum. Bands inevitably answer the same questions over and over again, and that's no fun for anyone. But if we could catch our favorite musicians between album…   Read Story »