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The grimy DIY band Institute started a decade ago, when a bunch of members of Austin punk bands got together to make something different. The music that they make in Institute is a version of post-punk that occasionally veers off into psych-rock, but they keep the immediacy of the house-show hardcore that raised them.  » Read More

In June, we named North Carolina’s Truth Club a Band To Watch when they shared “Blue Eternal.” In August, the Raleigh band announced the sophomore album that track would serve as the lead single to — Running From The Chase. Coming in October, the album also features “  » Read More

Next week, Loraine James will release the new album Gentle Confrontation. Its lead single “2003” landed on our best songs of the week list, and its follow-up “Déjà Vu,” was a collaboration with RiTchie, one of the members of the rap group Injury Reserve.  » Read More

Back in February, the Southern California rapper Maxo released a new album, Even God Has A Sense Of Humor, and we talked to him not long after it came out. After waiting four years to follow up 2019’s LIL BIG MAN, Maxo is wasting no time for his next one.  » Read More

Last month, the British producer Darren Cunningham released a new track as Actress, “Push Power ( a 1 ),” which was touted as the first preview of a new album, his follow-up to 2020’s Karma & Desire. Today, he’s announcing that new album — it’s called LXXXVIII and will be released on November 3.  » Read More

Vagabon (the project of Lætitia Tamko) is releasing her third album, Sorry I Haven’t Called, this Friday via Nonesuch. Now she has shared its latest single, “Lexicon,” via a music video.  » Read More

Wild Nothing (aka Jack Tatum) is releasing a new album, Hold, on October 27 via Captured Tracks. Now he has shared its second single, “Suburban Solutions,” via a music video. Tatum co-directed the video with Josh Burgess (of Yumi Zouma).  » Read More

Cherry Glazerr (aka Clementine Creevy) is releasing a new album, I Don’t Want You Anymore, on September 29 via Secretly Canadian. Now she has shared its third single, “Sugar,” via a music video.  » Read More

Early next month, Tel-Aviv-based singer/songwriter and producer iogi is set to return with his forthcoming album, we can be friends. The record follows up on the playful blend of psych pop, dream pop, and indie rock iogi carved out with his 2018 debut, the ceiling, and his 2021 follow-up, everything’s worth it. His upcoming record occupies a similarly warm and dreamy space,  » Read More