Big Red Machine
Exclaim!'s 30 Best Songs of 2021
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2021
Looking back over the past 12 months, a surprising trend emerges: spoken word. We don't mean rap, mind you — we're talking about actual spo...
The Sound of September 2021: This Month's Essential New Releases
PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2021
The elusive "fall album" is a quality bestowed to a rare few records, ones that merge the jubilant abandon of its summer counterparts with...
Big Red Machine Continue Prioritizing Vibes over Riffs on 'How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?'
PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2021
Indie rock has had a falling out with the guitar riff. Over the last 15 years, what was once the organizing force behind any kind of guitar...
Taylor Swift Joins Big Red Machine to Prove She's an Indie "Renegade"
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2021
It's not even been a full week since Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and the National's Aaron Dessner announced their latest album as Big Red Mach...
Big Red Machine Get Taylor Swift, Fleet Foxes, Sharon Van Etten for New Album
PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2021
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and the National's Aaron Dessner have announced their second album as Big Red Machine. The pair will share How Lon...
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon Is Teasing Another New Song with Taylor Swift
PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2021
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and Taylor Swift are proving to be musical BFFs. The pair previously worked together on Swift's folklore and everm...
Sharon Van Etten's 'epic' Covered by Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams and Courtney Barnett for Anniversary Reissue
PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2021
Sharon Van Etten is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her 2010 album epic with an epic re-release. The album is being dusted off as epic...
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Big Red Machine Share "No Time for Love Like Now" Video
PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2020
Michael Stipe of R.E.M. has teamed up with Big Red Machine — the multi-artist collective led by the National's Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver's...