Kurt Vile & The Violators

About

Kurt Vile & The Violators is the live outfit of Philadelphia singer-songwriter Kurt Vile (born 1980), a former lead guitarist of The War on Drugs who built his reputation on a string of acclaimed lo-fi indie rock albums. Breakthrough records like Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011) and b'lieve i'm goin down... (2015) established his signature drawling, guitar-heavy sound. His tenth studio album, Philadelphia's been good to me (2026), marks a homecoming to the city that shaped him.

1.1M

monthly listeners on Spotify

100M+

streams of 'Pretty Pimpin'' on Spotify

studio albums released

What's new

2026-05
Kurt Vile released his tenth studio album Philadelphia's been good to me on May 29, 2026 via Verve Forecast Records.
2026-04
Vile announced the album with the single 'Chance to Bleed' and simultaneously announced his world tour, the KV's Been Good to Me Tour.
2026-05
The album is the first that Vile released after the death of his longtime band member and collaborator Rob Laakso.
2025-07
In July 2025, the ep Classic Love was released via Verve Forecast, with five tracks including 'classic love' and 'hit of the highlife'.
2025-09
The single 'Pretty Pimpin'' surpassed the 100 million streams mark on Spotify, ten years after the release of b'lieve i'm goin down...