Michael Hurley News and Photos

Cass McCombs – “Three Men Sitting On A Hollow Log”

Tue, May 21 2013 8:33pm - Source: Stereogum

As far as we know, the great inward-looking indie singer-songwriter Cass McCombs has no plans to drop a new album on us anytime soon.

The End Of Punk: Joe Carducci Interviewed

Tue, May 07 2013 10:16am - Source: The Quietus

There has been a torrent of books written in the last decade devoted to the history of alternative and underground music, offering up stories that have previously gone undocumented.

My Recap of the 2013 McDowell Mountain Music Festival

Wed, March 27 2013 7:51pm - Source: Ickmusic

This past Saturday and Sunday, I made my way to the latest installment of my favorite local festival, the 10th annual McDowell Mountain Music Festival , this year taking place for the first time at Margaret T. Hance Park in downtown Phoenix.

Graded on a Curve: NRBQ, All Hopped Up

Thu, November 08 2012 2:23pm - Source: The Vinyl District

The music of NRBQ is one of rock 'n' roll's great paradoxical pleasures.

King Tuff: 'Stupid Superstar' Shares Stoned Stories, Modeling Tips & Literary Influences

Tue, October 23 2012 6:40pm - Source: Spinner

King Tuff bursts out of a door in a dirty, winding hallway in the back of Brooklyn's Knitting Factory looking more like a character from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" than a rock star.

Interview: Trainwreck Riders discuss their forthcoming LP ‘Ghost Yards’

Wed, September 19 2012 3:57pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

The Trainwreck Riders have been kicking out excellent country-rock for nearly a decade, and are now streaming their forthcoming LP Ghost Yards on Bandcamp.

Graded on a Curve: Sonny and the Sunsets, Longtime Companion

Tue, July 10 2012 3:23pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Sonny Smith's reputation to this point has been a pop dude doing double time in the art world.

Review & Photos: Friday Night Freak Fest — Michael Hurley, Avengers and the return of the Ghost Town Gallery, 5/25/12

Wed, May 30 2012 6:51pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

Michael Hurley played the Great American Music Hall on Friday night opening for Cass McCombs.

Learning Curves and Rhyming Giants

Wed, May 16 2012 11:36pm - Source: The Portland Mercury

JULIE VITELLS namedrops Fezzik as one of her songwriting influences.

Counterflows Festival Preview

Tue, April 03 2012 3:25pm - Source: The Quietus

Each time some earnest new troubadour appears, guitar in hand and heart on beard, the concept of the singer-songwriter loses something of its potency.

2012 Nelsonville Music Festival lineup includes Iron & Wine, M. Ward, Roky Erickson, Dawes, Kurt Vile, Dark Dark Dark and more

Mon, February 13 2012 5:15pm - Source: donewaiting.com

Full release: NELSONVILLE, Ohio- Stuart's Opera House is thrilled to announce the lineup for this year's 8th annual Nelsonville Music Festival on May 18-20 at Robbins Crossing on the campus of Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio.

A Tip of the Hat - Our 2011 MVPs

Tue, December 27 2011 9:15pm - Source: Sound on the Sound

We had another incredible year here at Sound on the Sound and it was in large part thanks to the following MVPs and, of course, you guys reading this.

Michael Hurley is in NYC for two shows, playing two in PA too (dates)

Tue, October 04 2011 7:57pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

A singer/songwriter in the subversive Greenwich Village folk scene of the late '60s and '70s, with several songs lent to the Holy Modal Rounders, Michael Hurley maintained an infrequent solo career into the '90s but was more famed for his writing credits.

Michael Giltz: FringeFest NYC #2 - Leonard Cohen, Shakespeare, Russian Jews, Paper Cuts and More

Mon, August 22 2011 11:19pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

FringeFest NYC is always worth diving into - see enough shows and you're sure to spot a talented writer or actor or director.

Pickathon 2011 preview

Wed, August 03 2011 4:29pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

This year's Pickathon festival is just around the corner, starting this Friday August 5th and continuing through the weekend, wrapping up Sunday the 7th.

Radio Free Song Club

Tue, June 21 2011 7:10am - Source: Boogie Woogie Flu

For the past year and a half, I've been hanging out with some of my friends about once a month to record a podcast called the Radio Free Song Club. I'm there as a photographer, but the others assembled are songwriters, musicians, sound engineers and visiting guests.