Dungen's set was, as usual, loose and jammy (but in a super tight way). They had some time blocked out for improvisation, and they hit a medley of some of their material partway through the set. They ...

This cover image released by Merge Records shows “Terms of Surrender” by Hiss Golden Messenger. (Merge via AP) Hiss Golden Messenger, "Terms of Surrender" (Merge) The new album by Hiss Golden ...

A COUPLE OF INTROVERTS: Singer-guitarist M.C. Taylor originally met bandmate Scott Hirsch in 1994 when the two were freshman at the University of California at Santa Barbara. They’d eventually ...

MC Taylor needed a break. The man behind Hiss Golden Messenger had just finished up work on their 2021 album, Quietly Blowing It, a period he called exhausting. Taylor was reflecting about the ...

M.C. Taylor seems at ease. The 38-year-old songwriter behind Hiss Golden Messenger appears fully immersed in his daily routine throughout the two-minute video trailer for the Durham folk duo’s ...

The lineup: MC Taylor (vocals, instruments), plus band. The background: Because country and soul and related genres are the ones generally deemed to be the most "authentic", you don't expect the same ...

I’ve never spent any time in Philadelphia, but I feel as if I have. Two of my favorite records of 2011, Kurt Vile’s Smoke Ring for My Halo and War on Drugs’ Slave Ambient both came from the town, ...