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Ducktails / 2015 / photo by Rob Kulisek

LISTEN: Ducktails Returns With Laid-Back Groove “Headbanging In The Mirror”

Real Estate guitarist Matt Mondanile announces new album “St. Catherine,” out July 24 on Domino

May 05, 2015

ACL 2014 / Photo by Pooneh Ghana

Austin City Limits Calls Music Lovers Back to ATX with 2015 Lineup

The two-weekend fest in Austin’s Zilker Park is going down in October

May 05, 2015

Mutual Benefit Press. Photo by Tonje Thileson

LISTEN: Mutual Benefit Shares Softly Melodic New Track “Not For Nothing”

The quiet, soulful track was released as part of Weathervane Music’s documentary series “Shaking Through”

May 04, 2015

METZ video for The Swimmer. Screenshot.

WATCH: METZ Share Demented, GIF-laden Video for “The Swimmer”

Have fun trying to sleep tonight

May 04, 2015
Art & Culture
Kentucky Derby 2015: Our Breakdown of the Best Horse Names

Every year on the first Saturday in May, the world’s fastest horses and tiniest men gather at Churchill Downs in the…

May 02, 2015

Irrational Man Screenshot. Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone.

Film + TV
WATCH: Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone Eavesdrop in First Trailer for Woody Allen’s “Irrational Man”

The writer-director’s next opus will hit theaters July 24.

April 30, 2015

2015. Landmark Music Festival header

Landmark Music Festival Announces Inaugural Lineup

Drake, The Strokes, and alt-J are among the festival’s impressive first-year list of performers

April 29, 2015
WATCH: Husky Premieres Live Acoustic Video for Melodic, Sweeping New Track “Saint Joan”

Subtle instrumentation and fluid harmonies abound in the latest from the Australian indie folk act.

April 28, 2015

diiv. Z Cole Smith. press. captured tracks

DIIV Announce Awkwardly Titled Sophomore LP “Is the Is Are”

The band’s follow-up to 2012’s “Oshin” will be out this fall on Captured Tracks

April 27, 2015

jamie xx video for “gosh”

WATCH: Jamie xx Gets Interstellar in New Video for “Gosh”

Beam us up, Jamie.

April 27, 2015

Aziz Ansari. Screenshot from Buried Alive on Netflix.

Film + TV
Cheer Up “Parks and Rec” Fans! Aziz Ansari Is Shooting a New Sitcom for Netflix

The series will also feature Eric Wareheim, H. Jon Benjamin, Lena Waithe, and Claire Danes.

April 24, 2015

Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer cover art

Reviews
Speedy Ortiz, “Foil Deer”

On their sophomore full-length “Foil Deer,” Speedy Ortiz are on the offensive, warning everyone within earshot not to cross them, and whether it’s meant to be or not, the attitude is beguiling.

April 24, 2015

Ava Luna. Steve Polyester video. Screenshot. Angela Stempel

WATCH: Ava Luna Animate Their Austere World in “Steve Polyester” Video

The visual accompaniment to the quirky “Infinite House” track takes cues from Dr. Seuss and “Ren and Stimpy”

April 22, 2015

Fool’s Gold. Press photo. hi res.

LISTEN: Fool’s Gold Shares Tropical Vibes with New Single “Another Sun”

The LA world-pop band celebrates the coming escape of summer

April 22, 2015

Emma Stone, Oscar® nominee for Achievement as Actress in a Supporting Role, for work on “Birdman” arrives for the live…

Film + TV
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling Tapped For New Damien Chazelle Musical “La La Land”

The stars might fill in the roles left by Miles Teller and Emma Watson

April 16, 2015

Caribou Can’t Do Without You Screenshot

WATCH: Caribou’s Mystic, Multicolored Creature Takes Flight in Video for “Can’t Do Without You”

Dan Snaith also announced a contest to give away the video’s hovering rainbow beast.

April 15, 2015

Celebrity Deathmatch screenshot

Film + TV
MTV Finally Does Something Right: “Celebrity Deathmatch” Will Return to Your Television Set

Bring on the claymation gore and bad puns!

April 14, 2015

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WATCH: Desert Daze Releases Psychedelic New Promo Video

Moon Block offers a colorful video preview of this year’s single-day desert shindig

April 14, 2015

2015. Toro Y Moi, “What For?” art

Reviews
Toro Y Moi, “What For?”

Kiss your samples and subdued grooves goodbye, Toro has gone down the ’60s psych-rock rabbit hole. Eh, kind of.

April 06, 2015
WATCH: Clip Art Shares Video for Spastically Catchy “South Bend”

The Chicago-based alt-pop outfit’s debut LP is out now

April 01, 2015
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