Young Galaxy: Ultramarine

Young Galaxy: <i>Ultramarine</i>

With their third record, 2011’s Shapeshifting, it seemed Montreal fivesome Young Galaxy had hit their stride after a rather lackluster first two albums.  read more

Cordell "Boogie" Mosson: 1952-2013

Cordell "Boogie" Mosson: 1952-2013

The bassist for the funk/soul collective Parliament-Funkadelic died at age 60.   read more

Wild Nothing Announces Empty Estate EP

Wild Nothing Announces <i>Empty Estate</i> EP

Check out the animated video for new song "A Dancing Shell."  read more

Allison Weiss: Say What You Mean

Allison Weiss: <i>Say What You Mean</i>

Allison Weiss got her big break by leveraging the power of the Internet for self-promotion and successfully using Kickstarter to fund her first full-length album, …Was Right All Along, which was mostly made up of your standard guitar-and-drum pop songs and sentimental acoustic ballads characteristic of the majority of indie-rock singer/songwriters, meaning the album didn’t really do much to demonstrate Weiss’ unique personality.   read more

Phoenix: Bankrupt!

Phoenix: <i>Bankrupt!</i>

Unless you are Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz or Christian Mazzalai, it is unlikely that you ever thought Phoenix would be where they are right now.  read more

Stephen Malkmus and Friends: Can's Ege Bamyasi Played by Stephen Malkmus and Friends

Stephen Malkmus and Friends: <i>Can's Ege Bamyasi Played by Stephen Malkmus and Friends</i>

Record Store Day is traditionally more populated with reissues and singles than whole albums of previously unreleased material, but Stephen Malkmus has never been one to follow the status quo.  read more

Jack White Covers Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" in His Vinyl Recording Booth

Jack White Covers Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" in His Vinyl Recording Booth

Newly minted Record Store Ambassador Jack White took it upon himself to construct a recording booth in his Nashville-based Third Man Records studio and record a cover of one of Lynn’s most famous song, “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”  read more

Brass Bed: The Secret Will Keep You

Brass Bed: <i>The Secret Will Keep You</i>

If Brass Bed had released The Secret Will Keep You around the time “New Slang” was proclaimed the song that would change your life, they’d have been guaranteed to change a few lives of their own.  read more

The Love Language Announces New Album, Ruby Red

The Love Language Announces New Album, <i>Ruby Red</i>

SPIN has reported that Love Language, the pop outfit from North Carolina singer-songwriter Stuart McLamb, will release its third studio album, Ruby Red, on July 23 in the States via Merge Records. The European release date, meanwhile, is scheduled for August 6.   read more

Will Sheff's Lovestreams Debuts New Song, "There's Video," with a Video

Will Sheff's Lovestreams Debuts New Song, "There's Video," with a Video

The song does not appear to be a reaction to Death Grips' "I've Seen Footage"  read more

Steve Buscemi Continues Hilarious Vampire Weekend Promotion with NYC Mayoral Candidate Bill de Blasio

Steve Buscemi Continues Hilarious Vampire Weekend Promotion with NYC Mayoral Candidate Bill de Blasio

To promote their upcoming Roseland Ballroom concert, Vampire Weekend got a little help from Steve Buscemi and New York Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.  read more

Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters Announce Summer Tour Dates

Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters Announce Summer Tour Dates

The legendary rocker's newest band includes guitarist Justin Adams, keyboardist John Baggott, bassist Billy Fuller, guitarist Liam "Skin" Tyson, violinist Juldeh Camara and drummer Dave Smith.   read more

Richie Havens: 1941-2013

Richie Havens: 1941-2013

Richie Havens, the famed folk singer whose passionate live performances and equally intense guitar-playing made him a breakout star of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, has passed away at the age of 1972 from an apparent heart attack, according to a press release.   read more

Watch Modest Mouse Perform a New Song "Shit in Your Cut"

Watch Modest Mouse Perform a New Song "Shit in Your Cut"

Having unveiled a new composition, “Be Brave,” during Coachella last weekend, the band performed another new song during a stop in Pomona, Calif.  read more

Stream Deerhunter's Monomania

Stream Deerhunter's <i>Monomania</i>

Deerhunter’s excellent fifth album, Monomania, was released for stream today through NPR. The 12-track album is set for a May 7 release on 4AD and was recorded by Bradford Cox and Nicolas Vernhes. If you haven’t already, do yourself a favor and watch the band’s Fallon performance of the title track here. Take a listen below. ...  read more

Listen to De La Soul's New Single "Get Away"

Listen to De La Soul's New Single "Get Away"

"Get Away" serves as the leadoff single of the group’s newest album, You’re Welcome, which is scheduled to be released later this fall.   read more

Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket Join Forces for AmericanaramA Tour

Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket Join Forces for AmericanaramA Tour

Let's all cross our fingers and hope our respective cities are included.   read more

Watch Phoenix Perform on Kimmel

Watch Phoenix Perform on <i>Kimmel</i>

Promoting their forthcoming release Bankrupt! due out April 23, Phoenix stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night to perform a four song-set that included the latest single "Entertainment."  read more

Stream Daft Punk's “Get Lucky”

Stream Daft Punk's “Get Lucky”

After months of teasing, (and a few fake-outs) Daft Punk has finally released the first song off their new album Random Access Memories.   read more

Tracy Morgan To Host The 2013 Billboard Music Awards

Tracy Morgan To Host The 2013 Billboard Music Awards

Via a press release, music magazine Billboard announced Wednesday that actor-comedian Tracy Morgan will host this year's Billboard Music Awards.   read more

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