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Sudan Archives has officially announced the release of her second album, Natural Brown Prom Queen, which will be out on September 9 via Stones Throw.  » Read More

Margaret Glaspy has shared a new song, “My Body My Choice.” A portion of proceeds from the single will go toward The Brigid Alliance, a referral-based service that provides travel, food, lodging, child care and other logistical support for people seeking abortions.  » Read More

No Age have announced the release of a new album, People Helping People, which will be out on September 16 via Drag City. They have also shared a video for a new album single, “Andy Helping Andy.”  » Read More

Redcar, the new alias of Christine and the Queens, has announced the release of a new album, Redcar les adorables étoiles, which will be out on September 23 via Because.  » Read More

British duo Wet Leg (Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) released their self-titled debut album in April via Domino. Now they have shared a new remix of the album’s “Too Late Now” by Belgian electronic rock band Soulwax. They have also announced some new U.S. tour dates.  » Read More

The official soundtrack for Minions: The Rise of Gru, produced by Jack Antonoff, has been released today. It features songs by Phoebe Bridgers, Weyes Blood, Caroline Polachek, Brittany Howard, Thundercat, Bleachers, H.E.R., St. Vincent, Tame Impala and Diana Ross, and more.  » Read More

Kamasi Washington plays his father’s saxophone. But the Grammy-nominated artist who rose to fame working with legends like Kendrick Lamar and Herbie Hancock didn’t start out on the horn.  » Read More

Back in 2007, Jens Lekman released his second full-length album, Night Falls Over Kortedala, on Secretly Canadian.  » Read More

Way back in the blog-dominated indie rock world of 2005 when a Pitchfork review could make or break a new artist, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman released Oh You’re So Silent Jens, a compilation that brought together his incredible early EPs such as Maple Leaves, I Killed a Party Again, Rocky Dennis, and Julie along with compilation appearances and other odds and ends.  » Read More