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Conor Oberst has released a new track “Governor’s Ball” from his new solo record Upside Down Mountain, which is out on May 19th via Nonesuch Records. Upside Down Mountain features many other friends of Oberst’s, including producer Jonathan Wilson, engineer Andy LeMaster, bassist Macey Taylor, multi-instrumentalist Blake Mills, and the Swedish sibling folk-rock vocal duo […]

“Trouble’s Lament” opens with acoustic guitar front-and-center, and it isn’t until nearly 30 seconds that any piano is heard. While this may seem to eschew the traditional Tori Amos set up, with piano and vocals as the main attraction, the song soon opens up into a lilting, rollicking Americana affair that would fit perfectly with 2002’s Scarlet’s Walk.

tUnE-yArDs have revealed new song ‘Water Fountain’, the first song from new album ‘Nikki Nack.’ Scroll down to hear the song now. Merrill Garbus’ musical project will release ‘Nikki Nack’, on May 5. It is the follow-up to 2011’s ‘w h o k i l l’.   tUnE-yArDs has also announced a full U.S. slate of […]

Damon Albarn debuted his new song ‘Mr Tembo’ during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night (March 12). The track is taken from Albarn’s forthcoming solo album ‘Everyday Robots’, which is due for release on April 29th. )

The Sean Lennon/Charlotte Kemp duo known as The GOASTT (The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger) releases a new music video for “Moth to a Flame,”  Midnight Sun is the name of the new album.  Due out April 29 via Chimera Music, the LP has spawned this first video in the form of a nine-minute short […]

“’Never Been to Paris’, the newest single off Denton, TX-born Jessie Frye’s Obsidian, exposes the breadth of her lyrical experimentation. The song was also indirectly influenced by a particularly bad breakup Frye experienced. ‘I wrote ‘Never Been to Paris’ because I have this subscription to W magazine. I would just look at these photographs of these beautiful models and designers. […]

Yesterday, UK-based trio Fear Of Men dropped “Alta / Waterfall,” the lead single off their debut album Loom, which is out April 22, 2014 via Kanine Records. The song also acts as the first two tracks from the album. “Alta / Waterfall” evokes the dark melancholy of the 90s through textured guitars, thoughtful lyrics and […]

KONGOS is comprised of four Arizona-based brothers (by way of London and South Africa, who fuse “classic rock elements, African rhythms and Balkan beats” to combine for a sound that’s truly alternative and instantly memorable. Lunatic, out now, is the stunning 12-song Epic debut for the siblings, born to popular ’70s South African/British singer-songwriter John […]

Damien Jurado has released the live video for “Jericho Road,” the second single from Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son. This clip is a stripped-down acoustic performance filmed at Strongroom Recording Studio in London. Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, the richly-recorded 11th studio album by Damien Jurado and third collaboration with producer […]

The Hold Steady has released the first song, “I Hope This Whole Thing Didn’t Frighten You,” from their new album Teeth Dreams, out March 25. Teeth Dreams is the New York band’s sixth album and first on its own Positive Jams imprint via new label Washington Square, itself a newly established imprint formed by Razor […]

As achild, lead singer Mozes and The Firstborn Melle Dielesen spent countless hours in front of the television watching and rewinding the animated movie, Prince of Egypt. The rather macabre plot, along with the rest of the movie made a deep impression on the young Melle. And several years later, he found himself living in London […]

Manchester Orchestra will release Cope on April 1, 2014 through their recent partnership with Loma Vista Recordings and their very own Favorite Gentlemen Recordings. The new full-length album from the Atlanta-based band was self-produced alongside their long-time collaborating partner Dan Hannon, and mixed by John Agnello at Fluxivity Studios in Brooklyn. They recorded the entire […]

Phantogram is going to be releasing their sophomore full length Voices on February 18th via Universal Republic. The first single “Fall In Love” just hit #1 on the Spotify Viral Chart and the second track “Nothing But Trouble” retains much of their glitchy electronics with a fresh aggressiveness. 

Philadelphia’s The War on Drugs reside at the blurred edges of American music: overexposing studio limitations, piling tape upon tape to maximum density, and then — with each song — they pull off the scaffolding to reveal what sticks, keeping only what’s absolutely necessary and dig into what sounds like the best kind of fucked […]

Recently announced Sub Pop signees THUMPERS will release Galore, their debut album, on CD/LP/DL in North America on February 11th via Sub Pop.  The album features 11 tracks, including the singles “Unkinder (A Tougher Love),” “Sound of Screams” and “Dancing’s Done,” and was produced, recorded and mixed by the band with David Kosten (Bat For […]

Almost a decade ago, the Canadian duo Chromeo introduced their unique blend of electrofunk to an exponentially growing global audience. White Women, Dave 1 and P-Thugg’s 4th studio album coming this spring on Atlantic, refines their signature 70’s and 80’s influenced quirky pop songs, masterfully crafted in the tradition of the finest R&B, disco and funk. For all the retro talk, Chromeo’s music is, more than […]

Following the release  of the track “Bagboy” and the four-track “EP-1,” Pixies deliver again, rolling out “EP-2,” four more brand new songs – “Blue-Eyed Hexe,” “Magdalena,” “Greens and Blues” and “Snakes,” as well as a music video for “Blue-Eyed Hexe.” The new songs were recorded during October 2012 at Rockfield Studios in Wales, UK, were […]

Odludek is the debut solo album by Jimi Goodwin. It is set for release on Heavenly on March 25th 2014. Having spent the last decade and a bit fronting now much-missed Manchester band Doves, Jimi Goodwin was a little touch nervous about making music under his own name. He needn’t have worried. Bouncing joyfully from […]

To celebrate his December tour kickoff, Charles Bradley has made “Ain’t It A Sin”—the b-side from his recent sold out Record Store Day 7”—available for fans to stream now. Reteaming with The Bullets—the band that backed him on his original Daptone singles—the new original tune is filled with the raw energy harnessed on classic Bradley […]

Purgatory/Paradise is the first new music from 90s underground rock pioneers Throwing Muses. As a band that has always been impossible to define, their latest project is available via traditional digital services now, and will be released as an art book with CD insert on December 3 by Harper Collins’ It Books imprint in the […]