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Wye Oak
Shriek

Albums
The Wye Oak was Maryland’s honorary tree until it fell victim to a vicious thunderstorm in the summer of 2002. It was believed to be over 460 years old at the time of its death. The guitar-version of the band W...

Lone Star-Soaked Chaos: SXSW 2014

Features, SXSW
Amidst the industry execs and journalistic superpowers, we had the humble pleasure of attending the South By Southwest Music Festival last week in Austin, TX. As we soon found out, the trick to navigating SX's ...

Wye Oak: “Spiral”

Songs
Baltimore duo Wye Oak look to obey no musical boundaries. Since signing with Merge Records in 2008 they have bravely let their sound morph into different shapes, giving the impression that they let the music na...

Wye Oak
“Holy Holy”

Songs
It's easy to compare Wye Oak to Beach House — both groups originated in Baltimore, are comprised of boy/girl duos, and usually get pegged as dream-pop acts. But Wye Oak's dark, gorgeous, and dynamic record stan...

Wye Oak
“Civilian”

Songs
The Baltimore-based indie duo Wye Oak became well known outside of their homebase after they signed with Merge Records a few years ago and released the album The Knot, which was filled with uniquely dreamy Amer...

Wye Oak
“I Hope You Die”

Songs
There isn't really a correct way to interpret Wye Oak The Baltimore rock band, comprised of singer/guitarist Jenn Wasner and drummer/keyboard player Andy Stack, doesn't mean to give the wrong impression, but th...

Wye Oak
“Take It In”

Songs
Certain critical terms get taken as pejorative when they're merely descriptive: "Droning," for example, doesn't necessarily mean boring or moribund. When used to describe a sound, "drone" usually means "a low h...

Wye Oak
“I Don’t Feel Young”

Songs
A guy/girl duo from Baltimore that plays hazy indie-pop? No, it's not Beach House. It's Wye Oak, the pairing of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, who play all the instruments and sing together on the Wye Oak debut If...