Oct 20, 2015
By Stephen Humphries
Shearwater
Shearwater has announced a new album, Jet Plane and Oxbow, for release on January 22 on Sub Pop. The group has also announced the first dates of a 2016 tour. Hear the album’s lead single, “Quiet Americans,” below. More
Oct 20, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Star Wars
Last night at the halftime show during ESPN’s Monday Night Football the final trailer for the highly anticipated sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiered. It’s now just less than two months until the movie’s December 18th release. More
Oct 20, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
SXSW 2016
SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has announced the first round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there’s also film and interactive portions) in 2016 (its 30th year). The list is short on big names, but a huge part of SXSW is discovering new artists. More
Oct 20, 2015
By Michael Wojtas
Jolympix
“Waiting,” the latest single from Gothenburg’s Jolympix, features flickering synths, rubbery tuba flourishes, and percussion that plinks as if being dotted by rainfall. More
Oct 20, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Yet another long cancelled TV show is returning to TV. TV Line’s Michael Ausiello reports that Gilmore Girls is joining the likes of The X-Files, Heroes, Twin Peaks, and Full House and coming back. It will be via a 4-episode limited series on Netflix. More
Oct 20, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Ryan Adams
This week Jimmy Kimmel has moved his Los Angeles-based late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live to New York City for a one-week residency. Fittingly, his first musical guest of the week was Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift’s “Welcome to New York.” More
Oct 19, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Blur
Blur have 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
Oct 19, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
EL VY
Last night at the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco The National brought up Lauren Mayberry, frontwoman for Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES, to duet on “I Need My Girl,” a song from The National’s Trouble Will Find Me. Of course a fan captured video of the performance, which you can watch below. More
Oct 19, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Petite Noir
Petite Noir (aka half-Congolese, half-Angolan, Cape Town-residing artist Yannick Ilunga) released his debut album, La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful, last month via Domino. Now he has shared the video for the album’s title track, which features rapper Baloji. Alan Del Rio Ortiz directed the stylish and futuristic clip, which was produced in conjunction with Urban Outfitters and their UM Music Video Series. More
