All photos by Laura Ciekot
J. Tillman has been busy. He joined indie-folk darlings Fleet Foxes last summer, touring in support of their Sun Giant EP. But Tillman also continued his solo output, releasing his fifth solo album, the hauntingly beautiful Vacilando Territory Blues earlier this year, and is already back with more – Year in [...]

After releasing five albums and playing the drums with a little band called Fleet Foxes, a man known as J. Tillman is set to release Year in the Kingdom on September 22nd (via Western Vinyl). This is a man who writes and plays unbelievably gorgeous music, yet is not safe from obscurity. However, the growing [...]

Yep, it’s time again for the quintessential “so far” list — no music site is complete without one! 2009 is shaping up to be an interesting year, with old favorites and newcomers alike issuing strong releases. In an attempt to make some sense out of everything, our staff got together to vote on our favorites.
We’d [...]

In case you haven’t heard the gorgeously tortured songs of J. Tillman before, the phrase “better late than never” comes to mind. Somewhere between Nick Drake, Iron & Wine, Ryan Adams and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy in sound, Tillman has quietly released six beautiful records, including his most recent, Vacilando Territory Blues (released January 20).
Tillman got [...]