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5 Questions
5 Questions with Slothrust

Leah Wellbaum talks predatory consumerism, loss of agency in an increasingly digital world, and her brief music journalism career ahead of the duo’s sixth album, What They Grow In The Garden.

September 17, 2026
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Pixies, “Bossanova” [2026 Remaster]

This newly manicured version of the alt-rockers’ ersatz-divisive 1990 LP is so well-executed from start to finish that it’s impossible to forget that you’re not listening to the original version.

September 11, 2026
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Alabama Shakes, “I Must Be Dreaming”

The soulful rock trio sound like no time has passed at all after a decade-long break between studio records as they reignite their chemistry as a blockbuster unit.

September 09, 2026
5 Questions
5 Questions with Ty Segall

The prolific garage rocker unpacks his collaborative new LP Chrome—in addition to filling us in on an aborted musical tragicomedy about a clown he once pitched to Tim Heidecker.

August 24, 2026
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Wild Pink, “Still Coming Down”

After documenting his recovery from cancer on 2024’s Dulling the Horns, John Ross returns with an album that reassures us that healing is always within our grasp.

August 20, 2026
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REZN, “Cycles in the Infinite Dream”

After a decade together, the Chicago psych-doom quartet craft a second album for Sargent House that’s as deadly serious in story as it is execution.

July 28, 2026
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The Creem, “A Taste of Cherry”

On their collaborative debut, Islands’ Nick Thorburn and Ratatat’s Mike Stroud mostly adhere to a conventional pop format and rarely deviate into either artist’s inherent weirdness.

July 27, 2026
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Mekons, “Horrorble (Mekons vs. Tony Maimone in Dub Conference)”

At the ripe age of 50, the Leeds post-punk/alt-country collective revisits last year’s under-the-radar Horror LP as a dub record with the aid of Pere Ubu’s Tony Maimone.

July 01, 2026
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Converge, “Hum of Hurt”

Released just a few months after the more metal-leaning Love Is Not Enough, the Boston group course-corrects by balancing the scales with hardcore on their second LP of 2026.

June 05, 2026
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Elder, “Through Zero”

With their seventh LP, the heavy psych-rockers demonstrate what experimental majesty a band can create when they’ve spent two decades working to play together on the same wavelength.

June 02, 2026
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Future Islands, “From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth”

The synthpop outfit celebrates 20 years together by propping up their lesser known material, affirming the value of these cutting-room-floor songs that the band knew they had all along.

June 01, 2026
5 Questions
5 Questions with Tigers Jaw

Ahead of the band’s North American tour supporting their new LP Lost on You, Brianna Collins shares how the pop-punk band continues to blaze new trails after 20 years together.

May 22, 2026
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Winston Hightower, “100 Acre Wood”

The 14 songs featured on the Columbus native’s second album may be as short as the ones on its lo-fi predecessor, but they’re far more fleshed out with catchier and on-point rock music.

May 12, 2026
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Failure, “Location Lost”

The spacey grunge trio’s fourth post-reunion LP avoids trends in favor of songs that penetrate the heart—it’s as if they’ve finally found the magic they’ve had in themselves from the start.

May 04, 2026
5 Questions
5 Questions with White Denim

James Petralli talks celebrating 20 years of the band, maintaining a positive outlook, and more ahead of the release of his 13th album, 13.

April 22, 2026
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Filth Is Eternal, “Impossible World”

Vibrant, dexterous, and unrelentingly compelling, the Seattle hardcore-punks’ fourth album sees them mature into a band adept at writing songs lasting more than two minutes.

April 07, 2026
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José González, “Against the Dying of the Light”

With his fifth album, the Swedish songwriter considers his deepest of existential queries while maintaining the effervescent, seductive sound that’s the strongest through line in his career.

April 06, 2026
5 Questions
5 Questions with Bosse-de-Nage

Bryan Manning speaks to the eight-year gap between the experimental black metal band’s last album and Hidden Fires Burn Hottest—and shares what his dream concert would entail.

March 06, 2026
Track by Track
Puma Blue Walks Us Through the “Unnatural” Processes Behind New LP “Croak Dream”

Jacob Allen breaks down each track on his latest experimental journey into trip-hop and alt-R&B, out now via Play It Again Sam.

March 04, 2026
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Mirah, “Dedication”

Gently playful with a fire burning underneath, the artist’s first record in seven years signifies her devotion to the craft of making music, whether the light in her career is burning bright or dim.

March 03, 2026
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