Stream Sigur Rós' Kveikur

Stream Sigur Rós' <i>Kveikur</i>

With just a week to go before the release of their seventh studio album, Kveikur, Sigur Rós announced today that they are streaming the album in it’s entirety over at Amazon.com.  read more

Jason Isbell: Southeastern

Jason Isbell: <i>Southeastern</i>

As a solo artist, Jason Isbell has had a rough time of it.   read more

Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest

Boards of Canada: <i>Tomorrow’s Harvest</i>

Daft Punk’s austere image is at least somewhat in contrast to their hyper-reverent Eurodisco, Boards of Canada’s sudden flirtations with the notion of being some kind of ambient rock stars (the first since Aphex Twin if not Eno) begin and end with the wild goose chase they sent Record Store Day patrons on.   read more

Black Sabbath: 13

Black Sabbath: <i>13</i>

13—the first album in 35 years from Black Sabbath’s original lineup—ends the same way their 1970 self-titled debut begins, with the proto-doomy sound of falling rain and a distant church bell.  read more

Beady Eye: Be

Beady Eye: <i>Be</i>

Some people hate surprises. They eat the same breakfast every day and shop at the same market because they always have. Some people have been watching the same soap opera play out on the daytime television wasteland for decades.  read more

Listen to The Civil Wars' New Single "The One That Got Away"

Listen to The Civil Wars' New Single "The One That Got Away"

The first single from their self-titled sophomore release.   read more

Washed Out Releases "It All Feels Right" Single, Tour Dates

Washed Out Releases "It All Feels Right" Single, Tour Dates

In a lyric video for the song--directed by Mad Decent collaborator Ferry Gouw--similar swirling floral kaleidoscopics to those of the album trailer accompany the track.  read more

Surfer Blood: Pythons

Surfer Blood: <i>Pythons</i>

Though it’s only three years old, Surfer Blood’s 2010 debut Astro Coast already feels like a product of its time.  read more

Kanye West Confirms Collaborators for Yeezus

Kanye West Confirms Collaborators for <i>Yeezus</i>

Kanye West held a unique listening party at Milk Studios in New York last night for his forthcoming album Yeezus.  read more

Listen to Neko Case's New Single "Man"

Listen to Neko Case's New Single "Man"

Neko Case gets manly on her brand new single featuring M. Ward.  read more

Mumford & Sons Cancel Tour Dates After Medical Emergency

Mumford & Sons Cancel Tour Dates After Medical Emergency

The folk rockers have announced that upcoming shows in Dallas, Woodlands and New Orleans will be cancelled and rescheduled for a later date.   read more

Mumford & Sons, U2 Revive Classic Protest Songs for Global Music Campaign

Mumford & Sons, U2 Revive Classic Protest Songs for Global Music Campaign

ONE launches a global music campaign to raise awareness of extreme poverty by bringing in beloved artists to cover classic protest songs.  read more

Grouplove Releases "Ways to Go" Video

Grouplove Releases "Ways to Go" Video

Returning to the same high-energy tunes of their previous album Never Trust a Happy Song, the video sees the group performing another infectious, jubilant groove that has everyone on their feet. It's a good sign of the pop gems that are to come from Spreading Rumors, which will be released via Canvasback/Atlantic on Sept. 17.   read more

Bosnian Rainbows Release "Morning Sickness" Single

Bosnian Rainbows Release "Morning Sickness" Single

Listen to the sleek new single from Omar Rodríguez-López's new band Bosnian Rainbows  read more

Watch Cut Copy Perform New Track "Explorers"

Watch Cut Copy Perform New Track "Explorers"

You'll never guess, but the new single is a synth-pop groove that's upbeat, and--get this--dance-y.  read more

Okkervil River Announces New Album The Silver Gymnasium

Okkervil River Announces New Album <i>The Silver Gymnasium</i>

The U.S. tour will kick-off with a performance at Monterey's First City Festival in August, stopping off at many major cities on both coasts in the following months. Tickets for all new tour dates go on pre-sale June 12, and a general sale starts June 14. Okkervil River will release their new album on Sept. 3 via ATO Records.   read more

Tenacious D's Festival Supreme to Feature Zach Galifianakis, Hannibal Buress, More

Tenacious D's Festival Supreme to Feature Zach Galifianakis, Hannibal Buress, More

Tenacious D curated a comedy rock festival in Santa Monica that boasts a legendary lineup.  read more

Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones Busy Writing Opera for 2014

Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones Busy Writing Opera for 2014

Jones currently has his hands full and says he can only "do little gigs that I don't have to prepare too much for."  read more

Phoenix Announces New U.S. Tour Dates

Phoenix Announces New U.S. Tour Dates

Phoenix has announced a string of new U.S. tour dates for the fall, a publicist revealed today.   read more

Sigur Rós Announces North American Tour

Sigur Rós Announces North American Tour

Sigur Rós takes Kveikur on the road.   read more

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