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I don’t know about you, but Hana Vu’s got a new song called “22,” and everything will be all right if you keep it next to yoouuu. Look. What do you want from me? There’s a new Taylor Swift album coming out in two days, and I’m going to have to review it right away because that’s how online music criticism works.  » Read More

Joe Agius, the Australian musician who records under the name Rinse, happens to be married to Harriette Pilbeam, the indie-pop star known as Hatchie. Rinse and Hatchie have worked together a bunch over the years, and Hatchie has appeared on some of Rinse’s past singles, like 2020’s “Back Into Your Arms”  » Read More

Annie Clark is course-correcting. She’s not pulling the classic rockstar move of readily disowning that last record people didn’t like so much and promising the new one is way better. Nevertheless, you can hear that sentiment at work on All Born Screaming, her seventh album under the St. Vincent moniker. After a career of transformations yielded a rare misstep in 2021’s  » Read More

The adventurous UK producer and former PC Music ringleader A. G. Cook is getting ready to release Britpop, a new three-part album with some serious lore behind it. Thus far, Cook has shared “Silver Thread Golden Needle” and the title track, which features Cook’s frequent collaborator Charli XCX.  » Read More

Last month we learned that Ryan Kattner, aka Honus Honus, would be releasing a new Man Man album called Carrot On Strings this summer via Sub Pop. Today he’s followed up the rather Spoon-y lead single “Iguana” with “Tastes Like Metal,” which arrives with a video by Joe Cappa.  » Read More

Yesterday I mentioned dragging my suitcase to see Perennial at SXSW because I couldn’t check into my Airbnb yet. The next thing I did that fateful afternoon was to pull my bag across the street to a different bar to see Austin’s own Good Looks.  » Read More

Irish five-piece Fontaines D.C. have announced a new album, Romance, and shared the album’s first single, “Starburster,” via a music video.  » Read More

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has announced a new EP he recorded with the late Afrobeat legend Tony Allen and has shared its first single, “Walk Through Fire.” The Lagos Paris London EP is credited to Yannis & The Yaw and is due out via Transgressive.  » Read More

Last year, San Francisco-based indie singer/songwriter Meli Levi released their solo debut EP, Crowned, their first project after a five-year hiatus from music. Prior to that period, Levi first cut their teeth living in Seattle and playing in the band Seeing Blind. These days, Levi crafts an emotive blend of folk rock and blues, leaning into moments of gentle intimacy and well-honed grooves.  » Read More