Apr 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Phoenix

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

Apr 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts HAIM

Los Angeles sister trio HAIM have been working on their sophomore album, the follow-up to 2013’s Days Are Gone.

Apr 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts BNQT

The members of Midlake (Eric Pulido, McKenzie Smith, Joey McClellan, and Jesse Chandler) have a new supergroup named BNQT that features vocals by Pulido, but also notable singers from four other bands: Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell, Franz Ferdinand‘s Alex Kapranos, Grandaddy‘s Jason Lytle, and Travis’ Fran Healy. BNQT’s debut album, Volume 1, is due out April 28 via Dualtone/Entertainment One/Bella Union.

Apr 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Black Lips

Black Lips are releasing a new album, the intriguingly titled Satan’s graffiti or God’s art?, on May 5 via Vice Records. The album was produced by Sean Lennon and previously the band shared its first single, “Can’t Hold On.”

Apr 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Jeff Tweedy

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has announced a new solo album, Together At Last, which is due out June 23 via dBpm. It’s a solo acoustic album that features new versions of songs by Wilco as well as Tweedy’s side-projects Loose Fur and Golden Smog.

Apr 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts alt-J

Alt-J are releasing their third album, Relaxer, on June 2 via Canvasback Music. Previously they shared “3WW,” which featured the vocals of Ellie Rowsell of Wolf Alice, and “In Cold Blood,” which sounded like something that could have easily been found on the band’s Mercury Prize-winning debut album from 2012, An Awesome Wave.

Apr 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Future Islands

Future Islands released a new album, The Far Field, last week via 4AD. Previously the band shared its first single “Ran” (which they also shared a video for and performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) and a lyric video for “Cave” that featured the album’s lyrics in sign language.

Apr 12, 2017 By Laura Studarus Sled Island 2017

Sled Island, the jewel of Calgary, Canada’s musical calendar, has announced a new slate of artists for the June event.

Apr 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Feist

Leslie Feist is releasing a new album, Pleasure, on April 28 via Interscope. Previously she had shared the album’s title track and “Century,” which features the guest vocals of Pulp frontman (and solo artist) Jarvis Cocker. Now Feist has shared a video for “Pleasure.”