Portland home-recording type Casey Dienel has carved out a niche for herself making evocative, elliptical music as White Hinterland. This makes her basically the opposite of Katy Perry, whose…   Read Story »

Mirroring Casey Dienel's shift from the acoustic, brushed drum jazz feel of her first outing to the denser, darker electro realm of Kairos, the video for "No Logic" has White Hinterland singing over…   Read Story »

We've noted Casey Dienel's move toward a denser electro realm on White Hinterland's third album Kairos, so her decision to cover Neon Indian's "6669 (I Don’t Know If You Know)" shouldn't come as a…   Read Story »

The animated video for White Hinterland's "Amsterdam" reflected the cooler tones in her voice and her newish electronic palette. "Begin Again" is much lusher, filmed around a rain forest outside of…   Read Story »

"Icarus," our first taste of White Hinterland's Kairos, found Casey Dienel dropping the brushed-drum jazz and acoustic cabaret-folk feel of Phylactery Factory and pushing things into a denser electro…   Read Story »

The first track from White Hinterland's forthcoming Kairos finds Casey Dienel dropping the brushed-drum jazz and acoustic cabaret-folk feel of Phylactery Factory and the smiley bird of Wind-Up Canary…   Read Story »

It's entirely possible you don't check Stereogum as often as we do, so drag your mouse to this link and click to download our tribute to Björk's Post. It's essentially a list of our favorite bands…   Read Story »

Stereogum's complete 12-track Enjoyed comp is live and ready to be downloaded (for free). Yep, 12. Because No Age cooked up an excellent alternate take on "It's Oh So Quiet," which we wanted to keep…   Read Story »

White Hinderland On "I Miss You" "I didn't grow up listening to Björk, but have always liked whenever something of hers would come on a friend's stereo. The first time hearing this song, I was…   Read Story »

Dinner time in Austin, time to munch tacos and figure the night sched. As the picture suggests, tonight's the night for Jens Lekman fans: y'all have two chances to catch the Swedish troubadour (Emo's…   Read Story »