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First Listen
Gentle Heat Announce New LP with Buzzing Single “Total Orbit”

The Chicago lo-fi rockers’ latest record Sheer will arrive May 13 via Flesh & Bone Records.

March 09, 2022
First Listen
BODEGA Cover New Ground on the Romantic Ballad “Pillar on the Bridge of You”

The Brooklyn-based group shares a visual for the shamelessly amorous single ahead of their new record Broken Equipment.

March 09, 2022
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Good Looks Push for Positive Political Change on New Single “Bummer Year”

The single arrives ahead of the Austin-based group’s debut album of the same name, which arrives April 8 via Keeled Scales.

March 08, 2022
Playlist
10 Tracks That Inspired the Vulnerability of KAINA’s New Record “It Was a Home”

The Chicago-based songwriter shares a playlist featuring PinkPanthress, Xenia Rubinos, Lala Lala, and more.

March 07, 2022
First Listen
BOYO Announces New LP Echoes Like Memories, Shares First Single “Special”

Robert Tilden’s bedroom-pop project makes a hard pivot to upbeat psych-funk on his latest record, out this Friday via Park the Van.

March 07, 2022
Track by Track
Spring Silver Takes Us Track by Track Through I Could Get Used to This

The Silver Spring–based songwriter breaks down the McMansions, MAGA chuds, and chiptune bands that informed their latest album.

March 04, 2022
First Listen
Watch Maia Friedman Perform “Sunny Room” Live in a Fairly Gloomy Room

The Dirty Projectors member shares a new single ahead of the release of her debut solo album next Friday.

March 02, 2022
First Listen
No Swoon Talk to Their Younger Selves on New Track “Wait to See”

The LA-via-NYC dream-pop duo’s new album Take Your Time arrives April 8.

March 02, 2022
First Listen
Jerry Paper Chooses Playfulness Over Compliance on New Single “Just Say Play”

The single arrives ahead of Lucas Nathan’s new LP Free Time and a newly revealed set of tour dates.

March 01, 2022
Playlist
Caroline Loveglow’s Songs for Subways and Airplanes

With her debut album Strawberry out now, the LA-based songwriter shares a playlist of her go-to public transit listens.

February 25, 2022
A Day in the Very Busy Life of Chris Farren

The media darling takes us hour-by-hour through a big press day on the heels of his Death Don’t Wait (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

February 25, 2022
In Conversation
Bambara and Nothing’s Nicky Palermo Talk Love on My Mind, Post-Tour Downtime, and Big-Ass Fireworks

The Brooklyn post-punk trio linked up with the Nothing frontman ahead of the release of Bambara’s new mini-album.

February 24, 2022
First Listen
Linqua Franqa Takes Us Back to Early-’90s LA in Their “Bellringer” Video

The rapper-activist’s new LP of the same name arrives April 22 via Ernest Jenning Recording Co.

February 23, 2022
Small Black Soundtrack a Youthful Escapade in “Nobody Loves You” Video

The Brooklyn-based chillwave pioneers are currently on tour with 100% Electronica labelmate Caroline Loveglow.

February 22, 2022

This is Oblivion (Lulu Black and Mike Kadnar) photographed by Rose Callahan on March 28, 2021 in Upstate NY.

First Listen
This Is Oblivion Spin a Tale of Pursuit, Destruction, and Transformation in “The Truth” Video

The experimental metal duo’s self-titled debut arrives May 6 via Silent Pendulum Records.

February 21, 2022

Future Islands performing at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on 8/21/2014/ Photo by Alix Spence

Essay
This Is a Hemlock Ernst Guest Verse Appreciation Post

Duck-walking through the Future Islands frontman’s low-key career as an emcee with features on tracks from artists including Fatlip, Open Mike Eagle, and JPEGMAFIA.

February 18, 2022
First Listen
Surrounder Lament the Lives They Would Have Lived in “Blue Flowers” Video

The grunge-rockers’ new album Structural Mercy arrives tomorrow via Slang Church.

February 17, 2022
First Listen
MAITA Shares a Much Cooler Vision of the Metaverse in Her “Where Do You Go?” Video

Maria Maita-Keppeler’s new collection of songs I Just Want to Be Wild for You arrives tomorrow via Kill Rock Stars.

February 17, 2022
First Listen
Grocer Pick Apart the Toxic Male Psyche on New Track “Pick a Way”

The Philly-based group announces their new LP Numbers Game with a murky visual.

February 15, 2022
You Can Now Vomit on Your Sweater at Eminem’s “Mom’s Spaghetti” Pop-Up in Los Angeles

First launched in 2017 in Detroit, the pop-up opened this week in Downtown LA.

February 11, 2022
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