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Sufjan Stevens Goes Full “Sufjan Stevens” on New Single “So You Are Tired”

The single arrives ahead of Javelin, his first indie-folk release since 2015’s Carrie & Lowell.

August 14, 2023
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Divine Horsemen Explore Diverging Paths to Fulfillment on New Single “Bitter End”

The cowpunks return with their second album since reforming in 2020 with Bitter End of a Sweet Night arriving on October 27 via In the Red Records.

August 14, 2023
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Sarah Mary Chadwick Shares Ode to Mid-Week Drinking Buddies “Drinkin’ on a Tuesday”

Messages to God, the Melbourne-based songwriter’s debut for Kill Rock Stars, is out September 15.

August 14, 2023
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PYNKIE Gets Lost Staring Into the Face of a Clock in Video For New Track “Time_60bpm”

Lindsey Radice’s third LP Songies lands August 18.

August 11, 2023
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Rain Phoenix and Kirk Hellie Share Debut Single and Video as Escape Artist Lovers, “Hey Motherf*cker”

Hellie previously produced and co-wrote songs on Phoenix’s 2019 release River.

August 11, 2023
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Cathedral Bells and Beach Vacation Team Up on Dreamy New Track “Blurred Out”

The single follows Cathedral Bells’ announcement of a set of West Coast tour dates, and will appear on the upcoming album from Beach Vacation.

August 10, 2023
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Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse’s New Single “Nena” Is, in Some Capacity, a Song About Pink Floyd’s “Vera”

The not-quite-cover arrives with a video that contemplates the important question: Do vampires celebrate birthdays?

August 10, 2023
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Meditations on Crime Rock Your Mind with the Help of Money Mark, Quelle Chris, and Jean Grae on New Track “Robbin’ Hoods”

Harper Simon’s multimedia project also prepares for special events this weekend at Printed Matter’s 2023 LA Art Book Fair and Zebulon.

August 09, 2023
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Walter Etc. Contemplate Cashing Out in Video For New Single “Sylvie’s a Mess”

The Ventura punks’ new “Screeching Weasel worship” tune arrives ahead of their album When the Band Breaks Up Again, dropping September 8 via SideOneDummy.

August 08, 2023
The Armed Pair Dance Music with Despair on New Track “Liar 2”

It’s the final single landing ahead of the ever-mutating Detroit collective’s new album Perfect Savior.

August 07, 2023
Hear Courtney Barnett Cover Chastity Belt’s “Different Now” for New 7-Inch

The track will come packaged with Kurt Vile’s take on another song by the Seattle rockers on October 27 via Suicide Squeeze.

August 07, 2023
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Teenage Wrist Walk Us Through Their Balanced New Album “Still Love”

Marshall Gallagher cites Catherine Wheel, White Reaper, Deftones, and more as influences as he takes us track by track through the LA shoegazers’ third LP.

August 04, 2023
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Sydney Sprague Exposes Our Collective Ignorance on New Single “nobody knows anything”

The Phoenix-based songwriter’s sophomore record somebody in hell loves you arrives September 15 via Rude Records.

August 04, 2023
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BODEGA Share “Images” Ahead of New We Are Time Records Mixtape

The Brooklyn-based art-punks land alongside Chad VanGaalen, Tough Age, Idle Ray, and more on the label compilation arriving August 25.

August 03, 2023
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Jeffrey Alexander & the Heavy Lidders Escape a Dying Planet on New Track “Star Power”

Chris Forsyth and Movietone’s Kate Wright join the band on the first single from their new LP New Earth Seed, arriving September 22 via Arrowhawk Records.

August 02, 2023
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Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy and Greg Uhlmann Introduce New Project with the Meditative Instrumental “Braid”

Their collaborative debut album Doubles will arrive September 22 via Orindal Records.

August 02, 2023
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Watch Diners Confront the Unknown in Video For New Track “Someday I’ll Go Surfing”

Domino, Blue Broderick’s follow up to last year’s Four Wheels and the Truth, lands August 18 via Bar/None.

August 01, 2023
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Georgia Gets By Explores Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms on New Single “Happiness Is an 8 Ball”

The second single from BROODS’s Georgia Nott under the solo moniker arrives ahead of her debut EP Fish Bird Baby Boy, out October 6 via Luminelle Recordings.

August 01, 2023
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Lutalo Reflects on Life in America as a Marginalized Individual on New Single “PLPH”

Lutalo Jones’ new EP AGAIN is set to arrive August 25 via Winspear in the midst of touring alongside Katy Kirby and Claud.

July 31, 2023
Everybody Wants to Be a Rockstar in Nickodemus and The Illustrious Blacks’ New Video for “Plastic (A Bigger Name)”

Following their 2017 collaboration “Funk That,” the veteran producer and nu-disco duo reteamed for a cut on Nickodemus’ recent LP Soul & Science.

July 28, 2023
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