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Japanese experimental band Boris have shared a video for their new single, “My name is blank.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Heavy Rocks, which will be out on August 12 via Relapse.  » Read More

Okay Kaya (aka Kaya Wilkins) has announced the release of a new album, SAP, which will be out on November 4 via Jagjaguwar. She has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Spinal Tap.”  » Read More

Melanie D’Arrigo is a strategist, community organizer, tireless health care advocate, and candidate in NY-03’s long-stalled August 23rd Democratic primary. She was born to modest means in a union household on the South Shore of Long Island.  » Read More

New Zealand four piece Hans Pucket have announced the release of their second album, No Drama, which was produced by Jonathan Pearce of The Beths and will be out on November 4 via Carpark. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “My Brain Is a Vacant Space.”  » Read More

Last night, Kevin Bacon made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. During the latest sketch of “First Drafts of Rock,” in which Bacon and Fallon sing parody versions of classic songs, they sang a parody version of “Head Over Heels” by Tears For Fears.  » Read More

Ela Minus and DJ Python have announced the release of a collaborative EP, ♡, which will be out on September 16 via Smugglers Way. They have also shared a video for the EP’s lead single, “Pájaros en Verano.”  » Read More

Last month, we shared “Temporary Letdown,” the latest single from indie pop guitarist and singer/songwriter Liv Slingerland. After years of making the rounds on the indie scene as a bassist and guitarist, Slingerland has recently broken out into the pop world while supporting shows from Halsey and Olivia Rodrigo.  » Read More

Rochester, NY indie pop duo Roses & Revolutions is back next month with their new EP, Keep a Little Light On. This time around, the core duo of Alyssa Coco and Matt Merritt envisioned the EP as the soundtrack for a movie of their lives. Fittingly, the band also wrote and recorded the alone in their home for the first time,  » Read More

If you’re at all familiar with Taylor Vick’s solo project Boy Scouts (2019’s Free Company is a fine place to start) and her achingly woozy constructs, the first thing that pops in your head is probably not that she could sound even better fronting a band.  » Read More