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Kathryn Mohr announces new album Carve
Out April 17 on The Flenser [pre-order]

Photo by Senny Mau
Incoming April 17, 2026 is Carve— the second full-length by Bay Area artist Kathryn Mohr. Written over the course of five years and recorded over several weeks in a rural singlewide in the Mojave Desert, the album centers on love experienced as a form of grief, not as an aftermath of loss, but as a condition of intimacy itself.
Mohr describes Carve as an album about how memory exists outside the body, embedded in places and landscapes. It is shaped by her first return to the American Southwest since a childhood road trip at age five, and by the experience of moving through terrain that holds emotional weight long after its origins fade. The record considers how intimacy feels after years of isolation, and what it takes to carve out a life that allows for trust, presence, and feeling rather than mere survival. The project took form after a difficult tour that ended in Joshua Tree. Mohr pointed her car into the desert and drove alone, crisscrossing the Mojave on dirt roads. Months later, she returned to record the album, working alone with an acoustic guitar, a field recorder, and limited supplies.
Carve's first single "Property" premiers today and Mohr says it's "...an amalgamation of dream images and visions I had throughout 2025. It's also inspired by an underground man made waterway I found that went on for miles under the city I live in. walking through, climbing 50 feet up a ladder to look out the man hole, see where I am."
Following that period, Mohr began to allow for intimacy and connection. The time she spent recording Carve in the desert did not create isolation so much as mirror it. Working alone out of an old, western-themed jail Airbnb, the physical enclosure reflected the emotional conditions under which much of the record had been written: distance, restraint, and long stretches of stillness. In that context, love was not experienced as escape, but as something inseparable from impermanence and the awareness of loss. This tension between connection and inevitability sits at the center of Carve.
Some of the album’s songs were written earlier, during a prolonged period marked by emotional distance and apathy. Over those four years, Mohr was working through unprocessed childhood memories and their long-term effects on her ability to connect with others. The work was slow and difficult, involving a fundamental reshaping of how she related to herself and to the world.
Carve was mixed by Richard Chowenhill of Flenser label mates Agriculture. Rather than offering resolution, the album documents the act of remaining present within tension. Carve is not about escaping grief, but about accepting it as inseparable from love itself.
More news from Kathryn Mohr soon.
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Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor (The Silver Collection) Original Continuous Mix Version Available for the First Time on Vinyl Out March 27
Limited Edition Record Store Day Release The Confessions Tour - Live from London Available April 18 |
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(February 5, 2026 - Los Angeles, CA) For the first time ever, the original continuous mix of Madonna’s critically acclaimed album Confessions on a Dance Floor (The Silver Collection) will be released on vinyl, available March 27. Pressed on 2LP silver vinyl and carefully adapted to its groundbreaking technical specifications, this highly regarded version preserves the album's nonstop club flow as Madonna intended. The Silver Collection is a series of limited-edition vinyl reissues celebrating 40 years of Madonna’s unmatched and influential career. Additionally, a Madonna.com and Rhino.com exclusive version includes a poster, available the same day. Pre-order HERE. Madonna's collaboration with producer Stuart Price transformed her sound into sleek, disco-infused electropop that set the tone for modern dance music. The result was a run of global hit singles, including “Hung Up,” “Sorry,” “Get Together,” and “Jump” - all reached Number 1 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs Chart, further cementing Madonna’s impact on dance music. Upon its release, the album topped the Billboard 200, remaining in the charts for an impressive 37 weeks and earned Madonna a GRAMMY® Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Additionally, The Confessions Tour - Live from London was announced yesterday for Record Store Day 2026. Recorded live at Wembley Arena in August of 2006, this limited-edition release captures 13 tracks, ranging from Confessions on a Dance Floor hits "Hung Up" and "Sorry," to classics "Lucky Star" and "Like A Virgin." This exclusive set features 2LPs on Starburst Pink/Purple Splatter vinyl, available April 18 at participating independent record stores.
Confessions on a Dance Floor (The Silver Collection) Tracklisting Side A 1. Hung Up 2. Get Together 3. Sorry
Side B 4. Future Lovers 5. I Love New York 6. Let It Will Be
Side C 7. Forbidden Love 8. Jump 9. How High
Side D 10. Isaac 11. Push 12. Like It or Not
The Confessions Tour - Live from London Tracklist Side A 1. Future Lovers / I Feel Love 2. Like A Virgin 3. Jump
Side B 1. Confessions 2. Isaac 3. Sorry 4. Sorry Remix
Side C 1. I Love New York 2. Let It Will Be 3. Music Inferno
Side D 1. Erotica 2. Lucky Star 3. Hung Up |
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Iron & Wine today shares a new single and official video for “Roses,” the latest offering from their forthcoming album Hen’s Teeth, out worldwide Friday, February 27th, from Sub Pop.
Directed and animated by noted animation artist Gaia Alari, this fully hand-drawn animation follows the song as two characters chase each other through a dark river, a forest, and a garden in the sky. Click here to watch.
Iron & Wine will begin a WORLD tour later this month in Australia & New Zealand, with headline dates in North America, running from April to May, and newly announced dates in October. See below for a complete list of shows. Tickets can be purchased here.
Australia & New Zealand
Sat. Feb. 28 - Perth, AU - The Rechabite *
Mon. Mar. 02 - Brisbane, AU - The Princess Theatre *
Wed. Mar. 04 - Sydney, AU - City Recital Hall *
Fri. Mar. 06 - Adelaide, AU - WOMADelaide *
Sat. Mar. 07 - Port Fairy, AU - Port Fairy Folk Festival
Sun. Mar 08 - Port Fairy, AU - Port Fairy Folk Festival
Tue. Mar. 10 - Melbourne, AU - Northcote Theatre *
Thu. Mar. 12 - Hobart, AU - Odeon Theatre *
Sat. Mar. 14 - Auckland, NZ - Powerstation *
Sun. Mar - 15, Wellington, NZ - Meow Nui *
North America
Tue. Mar. 17 - Honolulu, HI - The Hawaii Theatre ^
Wed. Mar. 18 - Kahului, HI - Maui Arts & Cultural Center Castle Theater ^
Mon. Apr. 27th - St Louis, MO - The Pageant @
Tue. Apr. 28th - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note @
Wed. Apr. 29th - Omaha, NE - Astro Theater @
Fri. May 01 - Saint Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater @
Sat. May 02 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom @
Sun. May 03 - Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre @
Tue. May 05 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall @
Wed. May 06 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall @
Fri. May 08 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater @
Sat. May 09 - Niagara Falls, CA - The Avalon Theatre at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort @
Sun. May 10 - Albany, NY - The Egg @
Mon. May 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer @
Wed. May 13 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel @
Thu. May 14 - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club @
Fri. May 15 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa @
Sat. May 16 - Saxapahaw, NC - Haw River Ballroom @
Sun. May 17 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle @
Thu. Oct 8 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre !
Fri. Oct 9 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot !
Sat. Oct 10 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Hall !
Mon. Oct 12 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall !
Tue. Oct 13 - Seattle, WA - The 5th Avenue Theatre !
Thu. Oct 15 - Astoria, OR - Liberty Theatre !
Fri. Oct 16 - San Francisco, CA - The Castro !
Sat. Oct 17 - Los Angeles, CA - TBA !
Sun. Oct 18 - Los Angeles, CA - TBA %
Tue. Oct 20 - El Cajon, CA - The Magnolia %
Wed. Oct 21 - Tucson, AZ - La Rosa %
Fri. Oct 23 - San Antonio, TX - Stable Hall %
Sat. Oct 24 - Dallas, TX - Majestic Theatre %
Sun. Oct 25 - Tulsa, OK - Guthrie Green ! %
Tue. Oct 27 - Memphis, TN - TBA %
Wed. Oct 28 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern
Thu. Oct 29 - Columbia, SC - The Senate %
*with Leah Senior
^ with Jenny Yim
@ with Improvement Movement
! with Ken Pomeroy
% with DUG
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