Nov 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Simon & Garfunkel

Natalie Prass released her acclaimed self-titled debut album earlier this year via Spacebomb/StarTime International. And on November 20 she’ll be releasing a new EP, Side by Side, via StarTime International. It includes three covers. We’ve already heard Prass’ version of Anita Baker’s “Caught Up in the Rapture.” More

Nov 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts HÆLOS

London-based trio HÆLOS have announced some North American shows for early next year. A press release also promises that the trio’s debut album, due out in 2016 via Matador, will be announced in the coming weeks. The tour dates include their first shows in New York and on the West Coast, plus a stop at SXSW, and are below. More

Nov 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Oneohtrix Point Never

Garden of Delete, the new album from Oneohtrix Point Never (aka Daniel Lopatin), is due out tomorrow via Warp (read our review of it from yesterday). On the eve of its release Lopatin has shared another song from it, “Ezra.” Check out the stop and start cut below, followed by the previously shared “Sticky Drama” video and some upcoming tour dates. More

Nov 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts The Big Pink

The Big Pink have returned after some lineup turmoil that saw founding member Milo Cordell leave the band in 2013. Back then other founding member Robbie Furze announced his intention to continue The Big Pink as a solo act, but their comeback single comes with the news that the band is now a four-piece, although their new press photo only features Furze and keyboardist/vocalist Mary Charteris. More

Nov 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Unknown Mortal Orchestra has shared a video for “Necessary Evil,” a song that can be found on the New Zealand band’s excellent recent album Multi-Love (out now via Jagjaguwar). Sean Solomon illustrated and directed colorful animated video, which features two lovers coming together and breaking apart. More

Nov 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Cults

Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete has been battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer. His health insurance has been covering more than six months of regular chemotherapy treatments, but does not cover an alternative treatment plan he’s also been undergoing. As Fekete is unable to work and tour he’s been relying on fan and friend donations to his GoFundMe page to help pay for treatments. More

Nov 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Hot Chip

Last month YACHT released their new album, I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler (the follow-up to 2011’s Shangri-La and 2014’s Where Does This Disco EP), via Downtown. The album was announced via a billboard in Los Angeles. Then the band revealed the album’s tracklist via a series of GIFs on BuzzFeed and faxed the album art to 300 fans. More

Nov 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Jherek Bischoff

Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche has teamed up with Los Angeles-based experimental composer Jherek Bischoff for a new song entitled “Surviving Christmas.” The holiday song addresses the current European refugee crisis and can be streamed below. It will be released on November 20 as part of Indie For the Holidays, a new compilation/playlist put together by Amazon that will stream on Prime Music and for purchase via Amazon Music. More

Nov 11, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Blur

Blur recently announced a new documentary/concert film entitled New World Towers. The film chronicles the making of the band’s long-awaited new album, The Magic Whip, which was released earlier in the year by Warner Bros. and also features performance footage from both a June show in London’s Hyde Park and another concert in Hong Kong. More