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Thao and Mirah Ready Collaborative Album for April

Last summer, Thao Nyugen and Mirah announced plans to collaborate on an upcoming record after spending some time together on the road. That project has finally come to fruition and will go by the straightforward name of Thao and Mirah....  read more

The Thermals: Personal Life

Love conquers all “I’m gonna change your life / I’m gonna steal your soul,” avows Thermals frontman Hutch Harris over plodding, gut-wrenching riffs on the opening track of Personal Life, the group’s fifth studio LP. Threadbare Garden State jokes be damned: The Portland trio is grappling with heady and life-altering stuff here—namely, falling in love. It’s a sea change, in terms of the band’s sound; their previous albums’ hyper-political, sturm und drang punk fury is almost entirely gone, replaced by easygoing power-pop more akin to fellow Pacific Northwesterners Built to Spill. And this pump-the-brakes approach to songwriting yields some of...  read more

Marnie Stern Announces Tour Dates

In support of her Oct. 5 self-titled release, face-melting guitarist Stern will set sail across the States, Canada and Europe this fall....  read more

Download Marnie Stern's "Transparency is the New Mystery"

Guitar-tappin’ bad-ass Marnie Stern offers the second single, “Transparency is the New Mystery,” from her self-titled release....  read more

Elliott Smith: Roman Candle, From a Basement on the Hill

Roman Candle: 8.5 From a Basement on the Hill: 6.8 Elliott Smith’s 1994 debut and his 2004 swan song aren’t his best or most popular albums, but both are crucial to understanding the shape of his sadly truncated career. Showcasing Smith’s formative sound and quietly devastating songwriting, Roman Candle may be his most underrated work, and the austere “No Name #3” and “Condor Ave” hint at the greater triumphs of his next two albums, Elliott Smith and Either/Or. By contrast, From a Basement on the Hill (incomplete at the time of his death but finished by producer Rob Schnapf...  read more

An Introduction To... Elliott Smith Album Details Announced

Since his untimely death in 2003, record label Kill Rock Stars has released two Elliott Smith albums....  read more

Download The Corin Tucker Band's "Doubt"

Download The Corin Tucker Band’s “Doubt.” Tucker’s 1,000 Years will be released Oct. 5 on Kill Rock Stars....  read more

The Corin Tucker Band's Album Gets a Title, Tracklist

About a month ago, we told you former Sleater-Kinney member Corin Tucker had a new band with Sara Lund of Unwound and Seth Lorinczi of Golden Bears and that they had a new album coming out in October....  read more

Xiu Xiu: Dear God, I Hate Myself

Prolific angst merchant delivers sonic adventure One of the most reliable sources of autobiographical despair, Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart would seem to have reached the point of self caricature with a title as over-the-top as Dear God, I Hate Myself. Fortunately, his scars run bone-deep....  read more

Download Quasi's "Repulsion"

Download Quasi's "Repulsion" here.Quasi's American Gong will be released Feb. 23 on Kill Rock Stars....  read more