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Toronto-based indie-pop band Alvvays have shared videos for two new singles: “Belinda Says” and “Very Online Guy.” They are the latest releases from the band’s upcoming third studio album, Blue Rev, which will be out on October 7 via Polyvinyl.  » Read More

Maya Hawke’s sophomore effort MOSS feels more spare than 2020’s autumnal Blush, as though the passing season has diminished its lush foliage to a spectral winterscape, the bare bones of the Stranger Things actress’ creative soul protruding upward through the snow.  » Read More

Originally released in 2021 and now in its second pressing, this single LP collects all of the recorded work by 2000s Philly-area straight-edge hardcore band One Up, who played shows with hardcore legends like Agnostic Front, Bane, Have Heart, and many others.  » Read More

The fervor and obsession that drove Grateful Dead’s tape-trading community throughout the band’s lifetime gets a fascinatingly detailed focus in Mark A. Rodriguez’s After All is Said and Done: Taping the Grateful Dead 1965-1995.  » Read More

The 1975 are releasing a new album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, on October 14 via Dirty Hit. Now they have shared another new song from it, “All I Need to Hear.” They’ve also shared a live performance video for the song.  » Read More

Miss Grit (aka Margaret Sohn) has announced that they have signed to Mute, and has released their first new music for the label with the song “Like You.”  » Read More

Peel Dream Magazine (aka Joseph Stevens) has shared a video for his new song “Hiding Out.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming third album, Pad, which will be out on October 7 via Slumberland/Tough Love.  » Read More

Spoon have announced a new version of their most recent album, Lucifer on the Sofa. The new version, entitled Lucifer on the Moon, will consist of reworkings of each album track by dub artist Adrian Sherwood. It will be out on November 4 via Matador. The band have also shared a video for a reworked version of the album track “On the Radio.”  » Read More

Wild Pink have shared a new single, “See You Better Now,” featuring J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, ILYSM, which will be out on October 14 via Royal Mountain.  » Read More