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First Listen
Grumpy Meditates on the Fallibility of Relationships (and Umbrellas) in Video for New Single “Flower”

Wolfed, Heaven Schmitt’s debut EP for Bayonet Records, is out October 25.

October 01, 2024
First Look
Swirlies Indulge in the New England Tradition of Candlepin Bowling in New Video for “Give Us Moon Rocks!”

The cult noise-pop group teases their upcoming US tour and reissue of their 2003 LP Cats of the Wild: Volume Two.

October 01, 2024
Playlist
Yasmin Williams’ “Acadia” Influences Playlist

The American-primitivist guitarist picks 15 songs that helped shape her debut album for Nonesuch Records, ranging from Aoife O’Donovan to J Dilla.

September 30, 2024
First Listen
Red Ribbon Meditates on a Friend’s Wedding or a Breakup or Both on New Track “YSFP”

The open-ended single lands ahead of Emma Danner’s upcoming self-titled album, arriving November 1 via Danger Collective.

September 30, 2024
Track by Track
Jerry Paper Shares How Movement Inspired Their New LP “INBETWEEZER”

The songwriter fills in the gaps in between (in betweeze?) each song on their latest collection of change-focused recordings, out now via Stones Throw.

September 27, 2024
Playlist
Mediocre’s “Growth Eater” Influences Playlist

Citing Tegan & Sara, Rilo Kiley, Andy Shauf, and more as inspiration, the LA duo’s debut album is out now via Dangerbird.

September 27, 2024
First Listen
Black Ends Share an Anthem for the Hopeless with New Single “Pretend 2 Be (Protect Me)”

The Seattle band’s debut album Psychotic Spew is set to arrive October 11 via Youth Riot Records.

September 27, 2024
Track by Track
Jhelisa Celebrates 30 Years of “Galactica Rush” by Revisiting Her Acid-Jazz Debut Track by Track

The LP will be reissued on vinyl later this fall, with a remastered digital version (along with a touched-up “Friendly Pressure” music video) available to stream now.

September 26, 2024
First Listen
Chris Maxwell Celebrates Love in All Its Forms in Animated Video for New Single “I Declare”

The animation team for Bob’s Burgers—for which Maxwell composes the soundtrack—brings the latest single from Nothingland to life.

September 26, 2024
First Listen
Schande Become Noise-Rock Tricksters on New Single “Gregor MacGregor”

The group led by Thurston Moore Guitar Ensemble member Jen Chochinov will release their debut album Once Around this Friday via Moore’s Daydream Library Series.

September 25, 2024
Playlist
Bathe’s “Outside Voices” Playlist

Inside Voice(s): Side A, Devin Hobdy and Corey Smith-West’s follow-up to their 2021 debut album, is out now via MNRK Music Group.

September 24, 2024
First Listen
St. Lenox Offers a Rebuttal to J.D. Vance on New Single “Courtesan”

A couch-centric (and G-rated) visual for the track arrives ahead of Andrew Choi’s fifth album Ten Modern American Work Songs, out October 25 via Don Giovanni.

September 24, 2024
EssayFilm + TV
A Thorough History of All of Francis Ford Coppola’s Most Personal Films to Date

With the epic Megalopolis inviting superlatives for the already-storied director, we look back on a few movies which—either by Coppola’s account or ours—preceded its likely autobiographical nature.

September 23, 2024
Non-Musical Influences
5 Non-Musical Influences on Tiny Gun’s Debut EP “No Worries If Not”

Comedian Kareem Rahma and his band all share how NYC, rote repetition, and the dumb philosophical parasites encountered in everyday life all helped shape their first-ever project together.

September 23, 2024
First Listen
Chuck Prophet and ¿Qiensave? Bring Us Into the Studio with Video for New Single “Red Sky Night”

The Californian songwriter and producer shares the latest single from his upcoming collaborative album with the cumbia band, Wake the Dead.

September 23, 2024
Track by Track
FIDLAR Walk Us Through Their Live-Show-Oriented New LP “Surviving the Dream”

The West Coast punks’ fourth album lands five years after 2019’s Almost Free.

September 20, 2024
Playlist
Photay’s Cool Temperatures Playlist

Evan Shornstein pairs the release of his new LP Windswept with further listening “for cooling and circulating air.”

September 20, 2024
First Listen
Rikas Bust Out the Comfort Food on New Single “Heartbreak Big Mac”

The German indie-pop group shares the latest in a string of singles released through their new label, Nettwerk Music Group.

September 19, 2024
Playlist
Little Bit’s “Do You Wanna Come to My Party?” Playlist

Ahead of her debut solo EP Talk a Blue Streak, Hannah Liuzzo shares her guestlist for the first soirée she throws when she finally gets that house in the Hollywood Hills.

September 18, 2024
First Look
Basically Nancy Share an Appropriately Gothic Black-and-White Video for “Wounds”

The Savannah-based rockers recently followed up their self-titled debut album with a Steve Albini–produced EP of the same title.

September 17, 2024
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