Apr 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts The War on Drugs

The War on Drugs’ Lost in the Dream was our #1 album of 2014 and a lot of other people agreed with us too. There have been hints that the band’s major label debut (they moved from Secretly Canadian to Atlantic in 2015) might be on the way this year and yesterday the band shared a brief new video that featured a snippet of instrumental music and cut together black & white photos of the band in the recording studio. Now the band have shared a previously announced new song, “Thinking of a Place,” which will be released as a 12-inch single on Record Store Day tomorrow.

Apr 21, 2017 By Stephen Mayne The Knife

This week we’re going to build bridges, albeit of a temporary and highly specific kind. Because if there’s one thing that unites people, it’s the confusion, frustration, and panic brought on by the tax filing deadline.

Apr 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts London Grammar

British trio London Grammar are releasing their sophomore album, Truth Is a Beautiful Thing, on June 9 via Metal & Dust/Columbia. Previously they had shared the album’s first two singles, “Rooting For You” and “Big Picture,” along with a video for “Big Picture.”

Apr 21, 2017 By Charles Steinberg Laucan

London based singer/songwriter Laurence Galpin composes sprawling folk rock with undercurrent as Laucan (pronounced Lor-can). Today, Laucan shared the new track “Symptom” from the forthcoming debut full-length LP Frames Per Second that will see release on July 21st through Sunday Best. Under the Radar has the exclusive video.

Apr 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Big Boi

OutKast’s Big Boi is releasing a new solo album, Boomiverse, this June (exact date TBA) via Epic. He’s already shared its first single, “Mic Jack,” which features Adam Levine from Maroon 5.

Apr 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Tituss Burgess

Netflix’s truly hilarious comedy Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is returning for a third season on May 19. We were previously treated to a 40 second teaser trailer featuring Titus Andromedon (played Tituss Burgess) dressed as Beyoncé from her Lemonade visual album, smashing up things with a baseball bat.

Apr 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Rashida Jones

France’s Phoenix last released an album 2013 with Bankrupt!. They have already announced a bunch of tour dates for this summer, shared a teaser video that included a snippet of new music, and posted a Twitter video that hinted at a new song.

Apr 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Adam Levine

OutKast’s Big Boi has announced a new solo album, Boomiverse, and shared its first single, “Mic Jack,” which features Adam Levine from Maroon 5. Boomiverse is due out this June (exact date TBA) via Epic. Check out “Mic Jack” below.

Apr 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Spacemen 3

Jason Pierce (aka J. Spaceman) and Pete Kember (aka Sonic Boom) of iconic space-rock band Spacemen 3 have issued a statement via the Twitter page of Pierce’s current band, Spiritualized, asking fans not to buy the vinyl reissues of their albums being reissued in the U.K. on Record Store Day this Saturday.