We often perceive indie rock of the early 21st century through two defining lenses: the era of New York's early '00s retro-revival and the rise of Brooklyn and mainstream indie that supplanted it by ...

Looking back at my writings on them, which have been plentiful since Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack left Baltimore to join their longtime label in Durham, I see that I’ve tried out dreampop and synth-pop, ...

Many of us took the pandemic as a chance to reset, and Wye Oak was no exception. Durhamites by way of Baltimore, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack had made six albums as Wye Oak, a form they were on the ...

“I search for patterns/sense that isn’t there,” Jenn Wasner sings in the irresistible title song of Wye Oak’s new album, “The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs” (Merge). The latest songs she has ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Wye Oak's fifth album, The ...

Over the last year, Wye Oak have given us a couple standalone tracks, as Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack pursued other projects following the tour behind 2018’s The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs. First ...

Wye Oak are back with a new single that’s one of the more immediately appealing tracks that they’ve released in a while. A lot of their music soars, but “Fortune” flies with a little more confidence, ...

Somewhere between Neko Case’s reverb-drenched Americana rock and Beach House’s shoegazing whimsy is Wye Oak, a Baltimore duo whose new album, The Knot (out July 21 via Merge), is in heavy rotation ...

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The best feeling SXSW is capable of generating -- and, if I may hyperbolize, one of the best feelings life is capable of generating -- is the sensation that comes with falling in love with a band at ...

Wye Oak Tavern at Visitation Hotel is intended to be a "gathering place for people to come together and enjoy what the renovation of the Visitation Academy has created," according to Bryan Voltaggio.