Fleet Foxes

Kitty Empire's best music of 2020

Our critic’s picks, from righteous old-school hip-hop via euphoric retro pop to classic American songwriting

Kitty Empire

27, Dec, 2020 @8:00 AM

Fleet Foxes: A Very Lonely Solstice live stream review – all is balm

St Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, New York
Even without his band’s trademark harmonies, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold lights up this bleakest of winters

Kitty Empire

27, Dec, 2020 @5:30 AM

The 50 best albums of 2020: the full list

Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year

Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes

18, Dec, 2020 @8:07 AM

Fleet Foxes: Shore; Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension review – postcards from the edge

Comeback albums from two pioneers of American indie rock chime with the times in very different ways

Kitty Empire

26, Sep, 2020 @1:00 PM

Fleet Foxes: 'You can fake a guitar solo. You can't fake your voice'

Back with a warm new album, Robin Pecknold talks about how the pandemic cured his anxiety – and how the Beach Boys’ golden falsettos changed his life

Laura Barton

23, Sep, 2020 @11:28 AM

Green Man festival review – cosmic rock and communal wonderment

An eclectic bill of everything from psych rock to alt-folk proved again why Green Man is one of the UK’s most beloved festivals

Malcolm Jack

20, Aug, 2018 @1:00 PM

Falls Festival review – Camp Cope, Liam Gallagher close out summer music festival

Nostalgia dominates onstage but gender equality is the topic in the stands as the festival comes to an end in the sunny west

Bob Gordon

09, Jan, 2018 @10:47 PM

From Fleet Foxes to Grizzly Bear: has the 'Pitchfolk' scene finally burned out?

With Bon Iver going awol and sales falling steadily, it looks as if the era of the heartsore wildman may be over

Gavin Haynes

17, Nov, 2017 @1:00 PM

Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up review – immersive, shifting creations

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Kitty Empire

18, Jun, 2017 @7:00 AM

Fleet Foxes: Crack-Up review – luscious harmonies and lyrical heaviness

The band’s third album is alternately intriguing and irritating, garlanded with wonderful orchestrations, gorgeous melodies … and their trademark pretensions

Alexis Petridis

15, Jun, 2017 @2:00 PM