Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes Finish EP in Advance of Blitzen Trapper Tour

Fleet Foxes: New Songs, Album Details

Fleet Foxes are Spin's Band O' the Day!

REVERBfest: Thoughts and Pictures of Paper, People, and a Flock of Seagulls

Fleet Foxes Get 'Forked

Your Fleet Foxes News for the Day

Devil's Advocate: Pitchfork's Arbitrary Rating-System vs. Pitchfork Music Festival Bookings

Fleet Foxes Will Headline Show at The Moore. Damn.

Wall Street Journal Embraces Fleet Foxes

Best-Selling Albums Of The Week

Last Night: Death Cab & Fleet Foxes in St. Louis

Moore Show the First Seattle Headlining Gig for Fleet Foxes?

South Lake Union Block Party

Yesterday Hit Today

Folk is a four-letter word that's always in style.

Frank Fairfield

Sunday, October 19

The Monday Mornings

Monday, August 11

Fleet Foxes at SP20

Saturday, July 12

Welcome to Our Carbon-Free Guide to Sasquatch! 2008

Contains nearly 100 percent recycled materials from Death for Cutie, M.I.A., Cold War Kids, and more.

Fleet Foxes Get Signed; Grand Archives Prepare Assault

Selections from Reverb, our local music and nightlife blog.

Metal Church: The Anvil of Seattle?

So when you host a locally-focused radio show every week, you learn quickly what's almost universally popular among listeners (Soundgarden, Fleet Foxes), what's invariably divisive (Calvin Johnson's deep, distinct baritone, which Sleater-Kinney album is the best) and what are sure fire cuts to make ... More >>

Robin Pecknold

Saturday, July 11

Happy Monday: 24 Free MP3s From the New NPR.org

Chris KornelisThis is me trying to salvage a pic of Fleet Foxes from REVERBfest 2007. Fleet Foxes plays the "Newport Fucking Folk Festival" on Saturday.​There's a lot of talk swirling around about NPR's revamped online presence at NPR.org. I wasn't a regular before this morning, but if we're g ... More >>

Zach Tillman's Pearly Gate Music Sign With Barsuk

Blood was shed, and contracts were signed last night between Zach Tillman -- formerly of Siberian fame, and brother of singer/songwriter/Fleet Foxes drummer J. Tillman -- and Queen Anne's Barsuk Records. We'll post more as the details ooze out.

A.M. Music News: David Brooks, Springsteen, GQ, and a Comfortable Sweater With Your Beard

David BelisleFleet Foxes​-- LiveDaily: Galactic's returning to town for a gig at The Showbox on February 26. They're also playing the reopened Nightlight in Bellingham on February 24. -- GQ: On beards and Fleet Foxes: "I aspire to be someone who doesn't shave, who lives in a comfortable sweat ... More >>

A.M. Music News: You'll See the Next Fleet Foxes Record in 2010

Renee McMahonFleet Foxes​-- Pitchfork: Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold is making music with his sister, Aja Pecknold (the band's manager, and former SW staffer), in a band called Rainbow Fang. Oh, yeah, and you'll see the next Fleet Foxes record in 2010. -- NY Times: Alan Parsons Project's Eric W ... More >>

Q&A: Aja Pecknold’s a Fleet Fox

The band’s manager proves there can be life after Seattle Weekly.

MP3 Review: Robin Pecknold's Ridiculously Appropriate Cover of Graham Nash's "Be Yourself"

​Artist: Robin Pecknold Track: "Be Yourself," from the album Be Yourself: Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners Label: 1-2-3-4 Go Release Date: May 25 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy On Robin Pecknold's cover of the Graham Nash classic, "Be Yourself," the Fleet Foxes frontman shows ... More >>

Mimicking Birds

​Artist: Robin Pecknold Track: "Be Yourself," from the album Be Yourself: Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners Label: 1-2-3-4 Go Release Date: May 25 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy On Robin Pecknold's cover of the Graham Nash classic, "Be Yourself," the Fleet Foxes frontman shows ... More >>

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Are Headed to Neumos, Pecknold Family Videos, and Rumors About A Cars Reunion

​-- FleetFoxes: Sean Pecknold made a "tour documentary" about his Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold (his brother) opening for Joanna Newsom, and Aja Pecknold (their sister) checking her Blackberry. HT Pitchfork. The Newsom/Pecknold show comes to The Moore on August 4. -- STG Presents: Isobe ... More >>

Watch It While You Can: Video of New, Unnamed Robin Pecknold Song

Robin Pecknold has been debuting new songs throughout his recent tour with Joanna Newsom; he had at least two, by my count, during last week's set at the Moore Theatre. One of those new songs has found its way onto Vimeo, recorded after Pecknold's solo set at Portland's Aladdin Theatre. It's beaut ... More >>

Bootlegs of New Robin Pecknold (Or Fleet Foxes) Songs from Moore Theatre Show Are Making the Internet Rounds

Laura Musselman​Bootlegs of two new songs and one cover performed by Robin Pecknold during his Moore Theatre set this month have finally found their way online. We All Want Someone to Shout For posted the songs first; Pitchfork picked them up shortly after. Both sites are saying that Pecknol ... More >>

Looks Like Fleet Foxes' Sophomore Album "Still Has A Ways To Go"

Laura Musselman​Robin Pecknold may have jumped the gun when he announced last month that Fleet Foxes finally finished recording their much-anticipated sophomore album. In a Facebook update this morning, Pecknold announced the album still has "a ways to go": Hey, so, I guess I spoke too soon be ... More >>

I Just Realized That Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold Sounds Exactly Like Raffi

And I mean that as a compliment. Raffi is a honey-voiced musical genius. I'm not being ironic. He writes amazing songs and is a captive performer who caters to the most difficult audience possible (though toddlers today probably have longer attention spans than indie-rock audiences). And if you to ... More >>

Dearl Vinyl Junkies: A Test Pressing of Fleet Foxes' "Helplessness Blues" Is Going for $1,525 and Counting. Proceeds Headed for Japan

​Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold has made no secret about his love of analog. Now he's parting with what can certainly be considered a fetish property in vinyl-loving collectors' circuits. Fleet Foxes are auctioning a test pressing of "Helplessness Blues," the first single from their new record of ... More >>

Top 6 Songs About Mother Nature's Worst Hits

​These days it seems the whole world is crumbling beneath our feet. Earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand and the recent earthquake and devastation in Japan have rattled nerves around the planet. From songs of great floods to dust-bowl ballads, songwriters have long been giving voice to the d ... More >>

Fleet Foxes' "Grown Ocean": Is This a Music Video or a Trailer for Portlandia, Season Two?

Fleet Foxes' sophomore record, Helplessness Blues, drops on May 3.

Fleet Foxes Debut Helplessness Blues to Intimate Crowd at Columbia City Theater

Fleet Foxes played at the Columbia City Theater on Thursday, April 15th, 2011. Photos by Laura Musselman.​ Fleet Foxes Columbia City Theater Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Using the 140 characters of a Twitter stream as a judge of someone's emotional state is, at best, a bit dubious. Watching Fle ... More >>

Sub Pop Co-Founder On File-Sharing: "It Hurts the Artists' Earnings as Well -- Big Time"

Laura MusselmanRobin Pecknold's Fleet Foxes release their sophomore LP, Helplessness Blues, Tuesday via Seattle's Sub Pop Records.​"Why is it news that I'm OK with file-sharing? To not be is to waste energy on something you can't do anything about." -- Robin Pecknold After Fleet Foxes' Robin ... More >>

Can Anyone Find Any Negative Local Press on Fleet Foxes?

​As we reported yesterday, Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold pointed out via Twitter: "Both weeklies in Seattle have joke-y, belittling articles about us this week. Being a local press punching bag is one reason I moved. Happy?" Seriously? I can't find any negative local press on Fleet Foxe ... More >>

More Predictable Plaudits for Fleet Foxes' Helplessness Blues

​Two more notable reactions to Fleet Foxes' new sophomore LP for Sub Pop, Helplessness Blues popped up over the weekend: Andrew Matson's lengthy profile in the Seattle Times, and Pitchfork's 8.8 "Best New Music"-awarded review of the album today. (Read the Seattle Weekly's exclusive Twitter in ... More >>

Fleet Foxes Challenge, Reward Sold Out Crowd, Last Night at The Moore

Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Skye Skjelset and Morgan Henderson at the Moore Theatre. Photo by Tess Cheatle. ​Fleet Foxes The Moore Theatre Monday, May 2, 2011 It's understandable in some regards that the Fleet Foxes show at the Moore would be full of all sorts of nervous silence, from both t ... More >>

Fleet Foxes Say Goodbye to Indie-Folk, Last Night at the Moore

Sean PecknoldLive pics will be added shortly.​Fleet Foxes, With Cave Singers The Moore Tuesday, May 3 Tuesday May 3, 2011 was the most anticipated release date in Sub Pop Records' history. And Fleet Foxes -- the label stars who issued their sophomore LP, Helplessness Blues yesterday -- did mo ... More >>

NME on Fleet Foxes: "They're the Soy-Latte House Band of Starbucks"

Renee McMahonRobin Pecknold's Fleet Foxes playd the Moore on Tuesday, May 3. Yes, he appears to own only one sweater.​I don't know why it took me so long to find this review, but if you only read two takes on Fleet Foxes' Helpless Blues, make NME's hatchet job one of them (a taste after the ju ... More >>

Fleet Foxes Outsell J. Lo! Plus 4 Other Notes About Helplessness Blues' Debut at #4

​Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes' sophomore LP on Seattle's Sub Pop Records, sold 91,000 records in its first week, making it the #4 record on the Billboard album chart. -- The 91,000 records Fleet Foxes have sold is twice as many in its first week as Cake's Showroom of Compassion (44,000), ... More >>

Fleet Foxes' Helplessness Blues Has Sold Just 5 Fewer Vinyl LPs Than Abbey Road This Year

​​Album sales figures are still grim -- roughly half what they were in 2000 -- but the music industry got a rare bit of good news yesterday when Nielsen SoundScan released word that album sales for the first half of 2011 were up 1 percent over the same period last year, the first such up ... More >>

Facts and Figures

1,192 Seattleites are waiting for Adele, but Flint, Mich., still doesn't get Shabazz Palaces.

The Animated Film for Fleet Foxes' "The Shrine/An Argument" Lives Up to the Song's Ambition

See for yourself. It was created by Sean Pecknold, the brother of Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, who announced via Twitter this morning that "Being able to give my bro the means and time to make amazing stuff is one of the top two things about doing music in this way. So proud!"

It's Fleet Foxes Vs. Eddie Vedder In the Fauxlk Folk Album of the Year Fight at the Grammys

Laura MusselmanFleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold looks into the ring before his bout with Eddie Vedder.​If there was any doubt that Seattle is the NEW EPICENTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK SCENE naysayers were silenced last night when the Grammy brass announced that both Fleet Foxes' Helplessn ... More >>

Ganglians

Laura MusselmanFleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold looks into the ring before his bout with Eddie Vedder.​If there was any doubt that Seattle is the NEW EPICENTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK SCENE naysayers were silenced last night when the Grammy brass announced that both Fleet Foxes' Helplessn ... More >>

J. Tillman Announces Departure from Fleet Foxes

​On a Tumblr post dated yesterday, Fleet Foxes' drummer J. Tillman announced he's leaving the band: Farewell Fleet Fans and Friends. Back into the gaping maw of obscurity I go. Tokyo is my last show with the Foxes. Sorry if I was distant and obtuse if we ever met. Have fun.