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M83 Announce New Singer/Keyboardist Kaela Sinclair, Resulting From Open Call Auditions

Mar 04, 2016 M83

M83 (aka Anthony Gonzalez and collaborators) recently held an open call audition for a new female keyboardist/singer to fill the spot vacated by Morgan Kibby, who left the lineup to more fully focus on her White Sea solo project. More

Majical Cloudz Split Up, Announce Final Show

Mar 04, 2016 Majical Cloudz

The end is here for Majical Cloudz, the duo (Devon Welsh and Matt Otto) have announced via a post on their Tumblr account that they are breaking up. The band will play one final show, on March 11 at La Sala Rossa in their hometown of Montreal, performing an extra long set with no opening act. More

Watch M. Ward Perform “Little Baby” on “The Late Late Show with James Corden”

Mar 04, 2016 M. Ward

M. Ward is releasing a new album, More Rain, today via Merge. Last night he performed “Little Baby” on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Clad in a dark suit and black shades, Ward played to a very enthusiastic crowd (for a late night TV audience). Watch it below. More

Under the Radar Announces Three SXSW Events: Car Seat Headrest, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, and More

Mar 04, 2016 Yuck

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2016 events: two day parties on Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17 and one official nighttime showcase on Wednesday, March 16. The lineups include Car Seat Headrest, Julien Baker, Hinds, Eleanor Friedberger, Everything Everything, Caveman, Still Corners, Yuck, Sunflower Bean, Petite Noir, Girls Names, Gwenno, MONEY, Cullen Omori, TEEN, Mass Gothic, Younghusband, and more. More

Listen: Under the Radar’s Weekly Playlist With Mitski, Fear of Men, Chris Cohen, & Chelsea Wolfe

Mar 04, 2016 Under the Radar’s Weekly Playlist

Welcome to Under the Radar’s Weekly Playlist, where we compile the best songs to debut in the last week (or thereabouts). In this mix, we’ve got new tracks from Mitski, Fear of Men, Chris Cohen, Chelsea Wolfe Dinner, Yung, Kinder Than Wolves, Innerspace Orchestra, Star Parks, Morly, and more. More

Premiere: Napoleon Gold Mixtape (Tallinn Music Week Edition)

Mar 04, 2016 Tallinn Music Week 2016

There’s just a few weeks before Tallinn Music Week. With that in mind, Luxembourg-based duo Napoleon Gold has gifted us with a pre-festival mixtape featuring the likes of Douglas Dare, Ryan Hemsworth, and Flume. More

Kristin Kontrol (Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls) Announces Album, Shares “X-Communicate”

Mar 03, 2016 Kristin Kontrol

Dum Dum Girls frontwoman/main creative force Dee Dee Penny (sometimes just known as Dee Dee) recently announced a new solo project called Kristin Kontrol. Dee Dee’s real name is Kristin Welchez, hence the name of her new project. Now Kristin Kontrol has announced a debut album, X-Communicate, and shared its title track, which you can listen to below. The album is due out May 27 via Sub Pop (also Dum Dum Girls’ label). More

Watch: La Sera - “I Need An Angel” Video

Mar 03, 2016 La Sera

La Sera are releasing a new album, Music For Listening to Music To, tomorrow (March 4) via Polyvinyl. Previously we were treated to a trailer for the album and two songs from the album, “High Notes” and “I Need An Angel.” Now the latter has a video. Jason Lester directed and edited the clip, which features Super-8 footage of the band. More

Elliott Smith Tribute Album to Feature Julien Baker, Amanda Palmer, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, and Yuck

Mar 03, 2016 J Mascis

American Laundromat Records have announced Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith, which is due out October 15. The Elliott Smith tribute album will feature newly recorded covers of Smith’s songs by Julien Baker, Amanda Palmer, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, Yuck, Waxahatchee, Lou Barlow, J Mascis, Adam Franklin of Swervedriver, Tanya Donelly, and others. More