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Scout Gillett has announced the release of her debut album, no roof no floor, which will be out on October 28 via Captured Tracks. She has also confirmed a set of summer U.S. tour dates in support of the album and has shared a self-directed video for the album’s lead single, “signal.”  » Read More

British trio Muse have shared a video for their new song “Kill or Be Killed.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Will of the People, which will be out on August 26 via Warner.  » Read More

Julien Baker has released a new EP, B-Sides, today via Matador. The EP features three songs recorded during the sessions for Baker’s last album, Little Oblivions. It includes the previously released song “Guthrie” in addition to two new songs, “Vanishing Point” and “Mental Math.”  » Read More

Kevin Morby and Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) have shared covers of Broadcast’s “Tears in the Typing Pool” and Guided By Voices’ “The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory.” All proceeds from the covers will support Vote No Kansas, a political action campaign working to prevent the passing of the “Value Them Both” Amendment. If passed, Kansas legislature would be able to completely ban abortion.  » Read More

The opening track here, “p much deranged,” gets about 20 seconds of lo-fi “coming to life” lift before its creator wrestles it to the ground and scatters its parts about accompanied by a ceremonial raga-infused musical backdrop.  » Read More

The Pitchfork Music Festival returned this past weekend to Chicago’s Union Park. While the festival was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, this is the second year in a row they’ve made it work in the pandemic era. Our photographer Daniel Moreno was on hand to capture the action. Check out his photos of headliners Mitski,  » Read More

Indie pop guitarist and singer/songwriter Liv Slingerland has been long in-demand as a bassist and guitarist in both the indie and pop scenes, playing with artists as diverse as Lauren Ruth Ward, Alex Lahey, Overcoats, Halsey, and Olivia Rodrigo. In the midst of that busy schedule though, she has signed with Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records and is breaking out this year with her forthcoming solo debut album,  » Read More

The Pitchfork Music Festival returned this past weekend to Chicago’s Union Park.  » Read More

Los Angeles-based electro-pop duo Magdalena Bay (aka Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin) have announced a deluxe edition of their newest album, Mercurial World, which will be out on September 23 via Luminelle. They have also announced a tour and have shared a Danny L Harle remix of “Chaeri” which will be featured on the deluxe edition.  » Read More