Nov 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Joanna Newsom

Joanna Newsom recently released Divers, her long-awaited new album (her first in five years, since 2010’s Have One on Me), via Drag City. She’s in the middle of a European tour and last night on the broadcast of BBC’s Later… With Jools Holland Newsom performed Divers track “Leaving the City.” More

Nov 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Sky Ferreira

This morning a new song by DIIV, the shoegazey “Bent (Roi’s Song),” showed up on Spotify. When we posted it we wondered if the details of their album would be announced soon and sure enough they were. The somewhat awkwardly titled Is the Is Are is now due out February 5, 2016 via Captured Tracks. More

Nov 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Bloc Party

Bloc Party are releasing their brand new album, HYMNS, on January 29, 2016 via Infectious Music/BMG/Vagrant. Previously the British band had shared “The Love Within.” Now the song has a video. It features the members of Bloc Party and some friends dance the night away in a shopping mall after hours. More

Nov 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Club 8

Swedish duo Club 8 (Karolina Komstedt and Johan Angergård) are releasing their ninth album, Pleasure, on November 20 via Labrador. Now they have shared another song from it, “Late Nights.” More

Nov 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts DIIV

Back in April DIIV announced that their second album, the somewhat awkwardly titled Is the Is Are, will be coming out this fall via Captured Tracks. Since then there’s been mainly radio silence. Months went by and no songs from the album had been shared and a more exact release date still has yet to be confirmed, putting into question whether it will be a 2015 release after all. More

Nov 03, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Menomena

The National’s frontman Matt Berninger has teamed up with former Menomena member Brent Knopf (who also records as Ramona Falls) for the new project EL VY. The duo just released their great debut album as EL VY, Return to the Moon, last Friday via 4AD. Last night they opened their tour at Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge in what was essentially their first full on live show (beyond some shorter performances). More

Nov 03, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Connan Mockasin

Australian experimental musician Kirin J Callinan is releasing his sophomore album sometime next year via Terrible Records. A title and exact release date have yet to be announced, but now we have the amazing video for the album’s lead single, “The Teacher.” The song and video features New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin on backing vocals (and he also plays sax in video). More

Nov 03, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Young Galaxy

Young Galaxy released their new album, Falsework, last Friday via Paper Bag. It’s the follow-up to the Montréal-based band’s excellent 2013 album Ultramarine. Now the band have announced a few North American tour dates and shared a cool and stylish tour trailer. More

Nov 03, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Big Boi

OutKast’s Big Boi and Phantogram (the duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter) have teamed up as Big Grams and recently released their debut seven-song EP, BIG GRAMS, via Epic. Yesterday the trio premiered a video for “Fell in the Sun” exclusively via We Transfer, but today it’s been posted on YouTube and is embeddable. More