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Ben Seretan, whose music tends to lean on the solo, instrumental, experimental side, is releasing one of his rare indie rock records this summer. Allora was recorded in Venice during a European tour way back in 2019 when Seretan was grieving a close friend. He’s billed it as “my insane Italy record.”  » Read More

Last week, Elvis Presley’s iconic Memphis mansion Graceland was scheduled to go up for auction to settle millions of unpaid debts taken out by the late Lisa Marie Presley. The only problem was, according to the Presley estate, no such loan was ever issued. Hollywood actress Riley Keough, Lisa Marie’s daughter and Elvis’  » Read More

Boston Calling has issued a statement addressing complaints of dangerous overcrowding on Sunday, the final day of this year’s fest, which took place over Memorial Day weekend. Performers for the day included the Killers, Hozier, Megan Thee Stallion, and Alvvays.  » Read More

Last year, the xx’s Romy released her debut solo album Mid Air. Though the xx are back in the studio and Jamie xx has a new record on the way, Romy is still doing stuff on her own. During some shows this spring, she’s been playing a new song that utilizes the chorus from Donna Lewis’  » Read More

After dropping “Neon River” over the winter, Pond announced their new album Stung! this spring by sharing its sorta title track “(I’m) Stung,” and part of our team since caught them in action at Utah’s Kilby Block Party.  » Read More

Last week we got word that, on his new EP Rock My Soul, pop-soul singer Aloe Blacc would cover ’90s alternative rock hits. His version of “Black Hole Sun” was the kind of lite and funky reworking I’d expect to hear while waiting to receive dental care,  » Read More

Big Star’s Radio City is getting a 50th anniversary tour. Their sophomore album will be played through in its entirety at each show, as performed by Jody Stephens (Big Star’s sole surviving original member), R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, the dB’s’ Chris Stamey, the Posies’ Jon Auer, and Wilco’s Pat Sansone. The tour dates will take place in August and October,  » Read More

Summer is here, and so is its soundtrack. Whereas some forms of dream-pop sound unmistakably like winter, the Marías make music for sweltering poolsides, afternoons encased in air conditioning, and glamorous waterfront locales after dark. On their 2021 debut Cinema, the band established an aesthetic that both aligned them with the zeitgeist and gave them their own singular presence.  » Read More

Last month, Dirty Three — the instrumental trio made up of Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White — announced their first new album in 12 years, Love Changes Everything. They shared its opening track, “Love Changes Everything I,” at the time, and today they’re back with “Love Changes Everything II,”  » Read More