Seefeel share unreleased song from new Warp box set; tour starts soon
UK post-rock/shoegaze vets Seefeel have shared a previously unreleased song, “Rough For Radio,” which was only ever recorded as a 1994 session for BBC DJ John Peel. It’s finally getting a release as...
View Articlehere’s what Jim Coleman (Human Impact, Cop Shoot Cop) is listening to in...
photo via Facebook With the coronavirus outbreak causing many people to stay at home as often as possible, we’ve been asking musicians what music they’re listening to in isolation, and this playlist...
View ArticleGouge Away’s Mick Ford made us a self-isolation playlist
With the coronavirus outbreak causing many people to stay at home as much as possible, we’ve been asking musicians what music they’re listening to in isolation, and this one comes from Mick Ford,...
View ArticleWarp Records is now on Bandcamp
UK independent label Warp Records has been forward-thinking since 1989; known primarily for electronic music, they’ve released a wide variety of styles during the last 31 years. Just in time for the...
View ArticleJames McAlister (Sufjan, Dessners) shares new song, discusses influences on...
photo by Nicole Mason James McAlister is a longtime collaborator of Sufjan Stevens and Aaron Dessner and a member of the Planetarium project with Sufjan, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly, and as...
View ArticleLightning Bug discuss the influences behind new album ‘A Colour of the Sky’
photo: Ingmar Chen Lightning Bug have been around for nearly a decade, making ethereal dreampop informed by many of the usual influences but powered by Audrey Kang’s excellent songwriting and clear,...
View ArticleThe Go! Team tell us about the influences behind new album ‘Get Up Sequences’
For 20 years, Ian Parton has been mashing up old soul and pop samples, Double Dutch raps, British indie, and more as leader of The Go! Team. The band has just released its sixth album, Get Up...
View ArticleListen to Boards of Canada’s new remix of Nevermen’s “Treat Em Right”
Nevermen, the trio of Mike Patton (Faith No More), Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio) and Adam “Doseone” Drucker, released a remix of their song “Mr. Mistake” by enigmatic Scottish duo Boards of Canada...
View ArticlePitchfork publishes a new 150 Best Albums of the 1990s list
photo by Mickey Pierre-Louis Pitchfork‘s best music of the 1990s week continues. Yesterday, they posted a list of the best songs of the ’90s (their second version of this list, having also done one in...
View ArticleThe Field & Julia Holter are the “most hipster bands”; National & Boards of...
by Bill Pearis Priceonomics Hipster/Bro Music Index: If you’ve wondered what are the most hipster bands of today, well stop. The folks at Priceonomics figured it out, kinda, and it turns out The Field,...
View ArticleBattles & Autechre debuting new material at Warp25; Aphex Twin-related...
By Ian Chainey Aphex Twin’s Richard D. James Much like the Merge label, Warp Records is ringing in its 25th anniversary this year. The lauded electronic label will celebrate with the Warp25 on...
View ArticleNevermen cancel tour due to illness
The Faith No More/TV on the Radio-related band Nevermen just announced a tour last week, but they’ve now had to cancel it due to illness. Pitchfork mentions they say there was an “illness within the...
View ArticleOther Music’s Top 100 Best-Selling LPs of All Time
(via @betaworldpeace) Iconic NYC record store Other Music has only week left. They recently posted their Top 100 Best Sellers in their 21 year existence, with Belle & Sebastian‘s 1996 classic If...
View ArticleWHY? celebrating ‘Alopecia’ with 10th anniversary reissue & tour
Indie rock/hip hop band WHY?‘s beloved 2008 sophomore album Alopecia turned 10 this past March, and they’re celebrating the anniversary by giving it a reissue on August 17 via Joyful Noise. Along with...
View ArticleMew’s Jonas Bjerre discusses 10 albums that impacted his life
Mew have been touring this year, and that tour includes select shows where they’ll play 2003’s beloved Frengers in full, in support of the 15th anniversary reissue they gave the album earlier this...
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