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First: Guitar is a badass name for a band. Second: this is a new Guitar, not the early aughts shoegaze band Guitar (who are also very good). Third: If you’re going to name your band Guitar, you’d better have very cool guitars.  » Read More

In 2022, Mike Kinsella — known for his roles in American Football and Cap’n Jazz — launched LIES, a synthy duo with his cousin Nate. Today, he’s back with his solo project Owen to announce a new album The Falls Of Sioux. “Beaucoup” is out now with a video filmed inside a private Chicago speakeasy.  » Read More

Kacey Musgraves teased a new album on Grammy night, and today she’s ready to announce it for real. Deeper Well, her first LP since 2021’s star-crossed, is out next month.  » Read More

Don Van Vliet was born to be a cult artist. Van Vliet, better known to most of us as Captain Beefheart, pioneered an unhinged, experimental form of rock ‘n’ roll. He never made much commercial impact, but he inspired generations of artists. One of those artists was young Polly Jean Harvey, who grew up listening to Beefheart because her parents were fans.  » Read More

Last year, This Is The Kit released a new album, Careful Of Your Keepers, and it was produced by Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys. Today, they’re sharing a cover of Rhys’ “Sensations In The Dark,” which appears on his 2011 album Hotel Shampoo.  » Read More

Last month, Jlin announced a new album, Akoma, which boasts some heavy-hitting guest spots from Björk, Philip Glass, and Kronos Quartet. Its lead single was “The Precision Of Infinity” (the one that features Glass), and it landed on our best songs of the week list.  » Read More

Vampire Weekend have announced a new album, Only God Was Above Us, and shared a trailer for the album. Two new songs, “Gen-X Cops” and “Capricorn,” are promised for next week.  » Read More

Philadelphia punks Pissed Jeans are releasing a new album, Half Divorced, on March 1 via Sub Pop. Now they have shared the album’s second single, “Sixty-Two Thousand Dollars in Debt.”  » Read More

Baltimore-based four-piece Tomato Flower are releasing their debut album, simply titled No, on March 8 via Ramp Local. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “Temple of the Mind,” via a music video.  » Read More