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Spoon have shared a video for the track “My Babe” from their newest album, Lucifer on the Sofa. A remix of the song, done by dub artist Adrian Sherwood, has also been shared.  » Read More

Half Waif (aka Nandi Rose) has surprise-released a new EP, Portraits, which is out today via ANTI-. The EP consists of stripped-back piano and vocal versions of two songs from each of Rose’s previous two studio albums, 2020’s The Caretaker and 2021’s Mythopoetics.  » Read More

Angel Olsen has shared a cover of Lucinda Williams’ 1998 song “Greenville” as part of the Amazon Originals Program. The cover features backing vocals from Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy and was engineered by Kyle Thomas (King Tuff).  » Read More

Last night, Kevin Morby made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he performed the song “This Is a Photograph,” from his newest album of the same name. Morby also performed his 2016 song “Beautiful Strangers,” which was written in the wake of mass shootings in Paris and Orlando, as a web-exclusive which is accepting donations to Everytown for Gun Safety.  » Read More

Stereolab have announced the fifth installment in their Switched On compilation series, Pulse of the Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5]. It will be out on September 2 via Warp in a variety of formats, including a mail order/lottery edition which contains the compilation on Duophonic UHF disks. The band have shared a new track from the upcoming album,  » Read More

For years now, Montreal-based drummer Tommy Crane has made a name for himself in the worlds of jazz, indie and electronica, contributing to records from Aaron Parks, Charlotte Greve, Becca Stevens, The Briars of North America, and Half Waif. That expansive set of influences and talents is coming together on his forthcoming debut LP, We’re All Improvisers Now,  » Read More

Over the past four years, Soccer Mommy bandleader Sophie Allison has ascended from the world of sparse and scratchy Bandcamp releases into an indie rock forerunner, marrying some of the genre’s most desolate lyrcisim with a bold melodic ear born from turn-of-the-millennium pop.  » Read More

Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry and avant-garde composer Susie Ibarra have announced the release of a new album, Heart and Breath: Rhythm and Tone Fields (OFFAIR), which will be out on July 15 via Offair. They have also shared a new track from the album, “Field II: Slow Drift,” along with a video where they speak about the album’s creation.  » Read More

Grappling with the contradictions of late capitalism, Weyes Blood—aka Natalie Mering—sounds both inspired and restrained, cautiously navigating a world of increasing polarities.  » Read More