Big Thief Reveals Its Concert Archive

Oct 14, 2026 - 16:02
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Big Thief Reveals Its Concert Archive
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Big Thief is opening its live vault. The band has launched the Big Thief Live Archive, a new website featuring full concert recordings, customizable playlists and previously unreleased songs, alongside a newly released live version of “Incomprehensible” from the album Double Infinity, captured at Dublin’s 3Arena on April 29.

The archive opens with 10 shows, recorded by the band’s front-of-house engineer Alice Wilder and monitor engineer Aleda Deroche, and mixed by 4AD’s in-house engineer Fabian Prynn. Big Thief plans to add another concert on the second Tuesday of every month, with fans able to build their own playlists from favorite performances across the growing collection.

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In a message announcing the project, the band explained that the archive grew out of a desire to capture the constantly evolving nature of its performances. Inspired in part by drummer James Krivchenia’s fascination with the Grateful Dead’s extensive live release catalog, Big Thief began recording its own shows around 2019.

“Every show we play holds a different energy. The songs are always changing and sound different every night, and we spend so much more time on the road than in studios, and so we felt a desire to create something that captures the ever-undulating aliveness of our music through time,” the band wrote. The archive is free to access, and its interactive playlist feature lets listeners assemble their own sets from the available recordings.

Among the initial highlights are a Sept. 27, 2025, visit to Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl featuring guest turns from ambient legend Laaraji and pedal steel wiz Greg Leisz; a complete performance of Double Infinity with its Hannah Cohen-featuring studio band at New York’s Forest Hills Stadium on Oct. 25, 2025; and the earliest show of the bunch on Nov. 11, 2019, in Columbus, Oh., the final song of which (“Masterpiece”) includes an appearance from Palehound.

The project offers fans a chance to revisit the many different forms Big Thief’s songs have taken onstage, including several that have yet to be released in studio form, while preserving performances that might otherwise remain memories for the people who were there. “Thank you so much to all who have come out to our shows over the years, it’s been such a treat revisiting these,” the band wrote. “We love you so much!”

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