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Daniele Luppi and Cigarettes After Sex’s Greg Gonzalez have announced the release of a collaborative EP, Charm of Pleasure, which will be out on September 16. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “You Never Loved.”  » Read More

Plains, a new duo consisting of Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) and Jess Williamson, have announced the release of their debut album, I Walked With You A Ways, which will be out on October 14 via ANTI-. They have also announced a tour in support of the album and have shared a video for the album’s lead single,  » Read More

George FitzGerald has shared a video for a new song, “Rainbows and Dreams,” which features SOAK (Northern Ireland singer/songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson). It is the latest release from FitzGerald’s forthcoming album, Stellar Drifting, which will be out on September 2 via Domino. FitzGerald has also announced a string of tour dates in support of the album.  » Read More

Resurrection, is a fascinating, if not fully realized, portrait of motherhood, revenge, and the act of reconciling with mistakes made in the past.  » Read More

The decidedly problematic Jack Kerouac was at least correct when he wrote, “The road must eventually lead to the whole world.”  » Read More

“It’s hot! I’m sweating into a puddle,” declares the Foals dynamo Yannis Philippakis as he slurps on a delicious looking smoothie. The UK is in the midst of a blistering heat wave and Philippakis is speaking on Zoom from his abode in London, a brief domestic respite from a very busy European festival season for Foals.  » Read More

U.S. Girls (aka Meghan Remy) has shared a self-directed video for her new single, “So Typically Now.” The song features backing vocals from Kyle Kidd and is Remy’s first release of new solo music since her 2020 Christmas single “Santa Stay Home.”  » Read More

Katy J Pearson has shared a video for “Howl,” a track from her most recent album, Sound of the Morning.  » Read More

She & Him (Zooey Deschanel + M. Ward) have shared an animated lyric video for their cover of The Beach Boys’ “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” The cover is featured on the duo’s new Brian Wilson tribute album, Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson, which is out now via Fantasy.  » Read More