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Premiere: William Alexander - “Giant Fade”

Sep 29, 2015 William Alexander

On November 6, Yellow K and Forged Artifacts will release William Alexander‘s Strangest Things, a home recorded set of soft-psych songs based around tape loops, intoxicatingly strange atmospheres, and Alexander’s sharp songwriting. More

Lush Confirm Reunion, Announce First Show in Almost 20 Years and Box Set

Sep 28, 2015 Lush

As the band hinted at last week, and as we predicted was likely, shoegazing legends Lush have confirmed their reunion today. The band have announced that on May 6, 2016 they are playing their first ever show in almost 20 years at London’s Roundhouse. They are also releasing a box set in December and reissuing their best of collection on vinyl. More

Watch Jenny Lewis and St. Vincent Cover Deee-Lite’s “Groove is in the Heart” Live

Sep 28, 2015 St. Vincent

Jenny Lewis performed at the Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love in Marfa, Texas last Thursday and brought a special guest onstage, St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark). Clark played drums on Lewis’ “Just One of the Guys,” collaborated with Lewis on the unreleased song “Girl on Girl,” and performed her own song “Cheerleader.” The set ended with a cover of Deee-Lite’s “Groove is in the Heart.” More

Watch: Jamie xx – “I Know There’s Going to Be Good Times” (ft. Young Thug & Popcaan) Video

Sep 28, 2015 Jamie xx

Jamie xx of The xx released his debut full-length, In Colour, back in June via Young Turks. Now he’s shared a video for “I Know There’s Going to Be Good Times,” a song featuring Young Thug and Popcaan. Rollo Jackson directed the clip, which features Jamie xx fairly briefly, with Young Thug and Popcann performing the song in New York and Jamaica. More

Father John Misty Shares Brand New Song, “The Memo”

Sep 25, 2015 Father John Misty

Father John Misty (real name Josh Tillman) has shared a brand new song, “The Memo.” This tops a week or so where he released the amusing “The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment” video, then covered Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift before swiftly taking them down, and then gettingaccused of ripping off a Funny or Die video for the “Night Josh Tillman…” clip. More

Premiere: Exclusive Clip from Film Festival Hit “Wildlike”

Sep 25, 2015

Shot on location at a few of Alaska’s most beautiful vistas, filmmaker Frank Hall Green’s Wildlike has won acclaim at more than 150 film festivals, including more than 30 Best Film awards. More

Listen to the Six Bonus Tracks from the Deluxe Edition of Arcade Fire’s “Reflektor”

Sep 25, 2015 Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire are releasing a new deluxe edition of their 2013 album Reflektor today. It includes six unreleased tracks: five new songs and one remix. On October 16 the six tracks will be released separately as cassette-only release titled The Relektor Tapes (the tracklist is below). The deluxe edition is streaming on Spotify now and so you can hear all six bonus tracks via the player below. Just skip ahead to hear them. More

Listen to the Three Bonus Tracks from CHVRCHES’ “Every Open Eye”

Sep 25, 2015 CHVRCHES

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing their much-anticipated second album, Every Open Eye, today via Glassnote. We’ve already heard a stream of the whole album, but now you can check out the album’s three bonus tracks (“Get Away,” “Follow You,” and “Bow Down”) if you stream the album via Spotify. More

Big Grams (Big Boi + Phantogram) Performed on “Fallon,” Release “Supergrams” Video Game

Sep 25, 2015 Big Grams

OutKast’s Big Boi and Phantogram (the duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter) have teamed up as Big Grams and recently announced their debut EP, BIG GRAMS, a seven-song collection that is due out today via Epic. Last night the trio performed “Fell in the Sun” on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and you can watch that below. More