Louis C.K., the Roots, the Make Up, Hot Snakes to Join the Afghan Whigs at...
Afghan Whigs photo by Sam Holden The lineup has been announced for All Tomorrow's Parties' I'll Be Your Mirror Festival, taking place September 21-23 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. As previously reported,...
View ArticleListen: The-Dream: "Kill the Lights" [ft. Casha]
How is it possible that the-Dream has never used the title "Kill the Lights" before now? Here's an extra-slow new one that will likely appear his long-delayed forthcoming album The Love IV MMXII,...
View ArticleDirty Projectors, Real Estate, Cass McCombs, John Maus on Domino Record Store...
Domino and Ribbon Music have announced one of the more awesome Record Store Day offerings in recent memory: a literary and art zine created by bands across both labels, accompanied by a series of...
View ArticleJohn Peel's Record Collection Goes Digital
The record collection of late, legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel will soon be available to browse online, as the BBC reports. His collection of LPs will be added in increments of 100 each week from...
View ArticleNews in Brief: The Mary Onettes/Dan Lissvik, Scuba, KXSC Fest, Snowball Music...
-- On February 28, Swedish pop group the Mary Onettes will release the Love Forever EP, produced by ex-Studio member Dan Lissvik, via Labrador. Hear the EP at the Line of Best Fit. -- Berlin-via-London...
View ArticleEl-P, SBTRKT, Cloud Nothings, Danny Brown, The War on Drugs to Play Pitchfork...
Austin, get ready! We're proud to announce the Pitchfork Day Party, taking place March 15 at Mohawk. Featuring sets from 15 bands, including El-P, SBTRKT, the War on Drugs, Danny Brown, Cloud Nothings,...
View ArticleSantigold Talks Long-Awaited New Album
Photo by Sean Thomas Let's cut to it: Why did it take Santi White four years to follow up her breakthrough debut album? Well, there was the writer's block. And crippling self-doubt. And her choice to...
View ArticleAndré 3000 Says No New OutKast Album for Now
André 3000 has told GQ that "there are no plans for another OutKast album as of now," despite previous reports from Big Boi that a follow up to 2006's Idlewild was in progress.
View ArticleDan Bejar's Old Band Raising Money to Release LP
<a href="http://pointsgray.bandcamp.com/track/growing-beards" _mce_href="http://pointsgray.bandcamp.com/track/growing-beards">Growing Beards by Points...
View ArticleNo Age Announce March College Tour
Photo by Leigh Ann Hines March at university generally means it's time to study for midterms, right? I can say with authority that a No Age show is as good a reason as any to not do that for at least...
View ArticleBeach House Announce New Album?
Photo by Elisabeth Vitale Apparently Beach House are gearing up to release a new album, Exclaim reports. It's allegedly called Bloom and will be out on May 15 through Sub Pop. We have not been able to...
View ArticleWatch: New Episode of "Pitchfork Weekly"
T.G.I.F.! Today we bring you the second installment of Pitchfork.tv's new show, "Pitchfork Weekly". This episode includes a visit to Frankie Rose's storied Brooklyn loft, a gnarly tour story from...
View ArticleListen to the New Hodgy Beats EP
Odd Future member Hodgy Beats has a new EP called Untitled that's got a pretty heavy-duty list of production credits, including contributions from Flying Lotus, the Alchemist, Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia,...
View ArticleNew Arctic Monkeys: "R U Mine?"
Here's "R U Mine?", a new track posted by Arctic Monkeys this morning. It isn't on their last album, last year's Suck It and See, and doesn't appear to be a teaser for an upcoming album, but it's...
View ArticleVideo: Girls: "My Ma"
Conan O'Brien's website has the new video for Girls' "My Ma", off their excellent 2011 LP Father, Son, Holy Ghost. The song will be available on limited-edition vinyl on May 22 as the third single from...
View ArticleHear a New Track From Flying Lotus
Photo by Loren Wohl Last week's episode of "The Champs" podcast (created by Neal Brennan of "Chappelle's Show", comedian Moshe Kasher, and DJ Douggpound of "Tim and Eric") concluded with a brand new...
View ArticleVideo: Bon Iver: "Towers"
Bon Iver has released the video for "Towers", the latest single from 2011's Bon Iver, to be released March 6 on Jagjaguwar. Directed by NABIL, who also helmed the "Holocene" video, the clip is full of...
View ArticleDeath Grips Sign to Epic, Ready Two 2012 Albums
If you need proof of the current industry-wide fascination with "weirdness" in rap music, you can't do much better than this. Sacramento punk-rap outfit Death Grips, who are best known for lo-fi,...
View ArticleListen: Belle and Sebastian Cover the Primitives' "Crash"
Belle and Sebastian have recorded a delicate cover of the 1988 hit "Crash" by British indie pop group the Primitives, which is now available check out via The Guardian. The cover appears on Belle and...
View ArticleSuckers Announce New Album
The anthemic Brooklyn psych pop group Suckers have announced a new album, Candy Salad, to follow their debut full-length from 2010. The record was produced by Matt Boynton (Black Dice, MGMT), and is...
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