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Americana is too simplistic a term.
You can never leave.
New releases by Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa, My Purest Heart for You, and Red Pill.
Ok Computer is a prescient masterpiece.
My 10 favorite Radiohead songs.
New electronic music releases from Juana Molina, Jlin, and K. Reinshagen.
Moon Diagrams, Multa Nox, Animal Collective.
The melancholy song-cycle from 1969 is a unique contribution to American culture.
Listening to Crypt Records' Last of the Garage Punk Unknowns compilations.
Really, enough was enough.
GT Ultra is a prog-pop behemoth, a breakthrough record for one of America’s best bands.
Let’s all re-watch the video for “Malibu” (1998), Hole’s best song, together.
A devoted fan on the defensive.
New nostalgic releases from Jason Eady, Family Band, and Coup Sauvage.
Does the string of new singles mean LP five is on the way?
The best lineup of the year at Baltimore’s Wind-Up Space.
The rock 'n’ roll narrative is so deeply ingrained that we take it for granted.
Music can exist in any way you choose.
We need more generations of harmonica masters.
Ogbonnaya's lyrics consistently flirt with haplessness, neediness, childishness.
How to correct them.
Directed by Young Replicant, with choreography from Darcy Wallace. Relaxer is out now on Atlantic. NME has a recent interview. Tour dates and more at the band's official website. Via CoS.
Starring fellow Nashville acts LG (Thelma and the Sleaze), Caitlin Rose, Nikki Darlin, and Shelly Colvin. AMBY has a recent interview. Sneaker Waves is out July 7 on Modern Outsider. More at the Tristen's official website. Via CoS.
Directed by Allie Avital. Sumney recently signed with Jagjaguwar, though there's still no release date (or title) for his debut LP. Noisey has an interview from late last year. Tour dates and more at his official website. Via The FADER.
Directed by Ashley Connor. NPR has a recent interview. No news yet on a full length follow-up to 2015's Sprinter, but TORRES kicks off a US/European tour later this month. Via CoS.
A joint podcast from Splice Today and Height.
New record from the consistently brilliant and beguiling Los Angeles duo.
Directed by Craig Allen. In Mind, the band's fourth LP, is out now on Domino. An interactive version of the video can be found here. Aquarium Drunkard has a recent interview. Tour dates and more at their official website. Via CoS.
Directed by Sufjan Stevens. Swim Inside the Moon is out August 25 on Asthmatic Kitty. Listen to his recent 7" "Truly Gone" on Bandcamp. More at De Augustine's official website. Via Stereogum.
A new song for Found Sounds, the first since last year's Clever Disguise EP. More at Gordi's official website. Via Stereogum.