Oct 23, 2013 By John Everhart Issue #47 - September/October 2013 - MGMT

During the protracted gestation period since the release of 1999’s eponymous The Sebadoh, Lou Barlow would often say, “We’ll be back when our fans want us back.” Though they were not releasing material, aside from the occasional piece of tour merchandise and last year’s Secret EP (which was only available for digital download and at shows), the band stayed busy, both as a unit and with sundry side projects.

Oct 23, 2013 By Frank Valish Issue #46 - June/July 2013 - Charli XCX

Midway through “Master Hunter,” the fifth song on London songwriter Laura Marling‘s fourth album, Once I Was an Eagle, she steals a lyric from Bob Dylan. Calling out a man who seems to want her for self-serving reasons, Marling sings, with a confident yet passive-aggressive viciousness: “It ain’t me, babe. No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe.”

Oct 21, 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.

Oct 18, 2013 By John Everhart Issue #47 - September/October 2013 - MGMT

There’s a glorious pop sheen that imbues neo-shoegazers Crocodiles’ fourth album, Crimes of Passion. After a lengthy discussion with their New York-based singer/guitarist and co-songwriter Brandon Welchez, it isn’t in the least surprising that they’d have these proclivities.

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 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. Here’s part two.