Oct 18, 2013 By Hays Davis Issue #46 - June/July 2013 - Charli XCX

Eight months before the official release of Jonathan Bates’ electronic-rock debut album as Big Black Delta, he found himself in the unlikely plum position of opening for Jane’s Addiction on a leg of the band’s summer 2012 tour.

Oct 17, 2013 By Dan Lucas POND

The past 18 months or so have been busy for Australian psychedelic rock band Pond. The band has released two albums in that time—March 2012’s Beard, Wives, Denim and this August’s Hobo Rocket—with a third one, Man, It Feels Like Space Again, due out in 2014.

Oct 17, 2013 By Laura Studarus I Break Horses

Singer/songwriter Maria Lindén describes herself as melancholy. But, casually lounging on a desk chair in her Stockholm apartment, one would be hard pressed to guess that the I Break Horses frontwoman has a dark side.

Oct 16, 2013 By Matt Fink Web Exclusive

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring of Montreal‘s Lousy With Sylvianbriar, and for three days this week we’ll post commentary by frontman Kevin Barnes on all of the album’s songs. Here’s part three.

Oct 15, 2013 By Matt Fink of Montreal

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring of Montreal‘s Lousy With Sylvianbriar, and for the next three days we’ll post commentary by frontman Kevin Barnes on all of the album’s songs. Here’s part two.

Oct 14, 2013 By Matt Fink Web Exclusive

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring of Montreal‘s Lousy With Sylvianbriar, and for the next three days we’ll post commentary by frontman Kevin Barnes on all of the album’s songs. Lousy With Sylvianbriar was released last week on Polyvinyl.

Oct 11, 2013 By Austin Trunick The Stepkids

With its unusual blend of funk, soul, and trippy jazz, the self-titled debut from Connecticut’s The Stepkids was one of the most offbeat records to make Under the Radar‘s 2011 Best Albums of the Year list.

Oct 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Bloc Party frontman and solo artist Kele Okereke does not have Shazam installed on his phone.

Oct 10, 2013 By Dan Lucas Weekend

When you think of post-punk’s 1980s heyday, the mind doesn’t tend to wander too far outside of London. Killing Joke, The Cure, and Wire were all huge influences on the New York scene that followed and warped into New Wave, so it seems a little incongruous that one of the most exciting bands leading its revival actually hails from sunny California.