Mar 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts James McAlister

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album, Planetarium, and shared a song from it, “Saturn,” via its video.

Mar 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Lion

Whitney features former Smith Westerns members Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek and they released their excellent debut album, Light Upon the Lake, last June via Secretly Canadian.

Mar 27, 2017 By Charles Steinberg The Proper Ornaments

It’s raining today in New York and I can’t think of a better thing to listen to than The Proper Ornaments cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Deep One Perfect Morning”, off of their immaculate Darklands album.

Mar 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts The Lemon Twigs

France’s Phoenix last released an album 2013 with Bankrupt!. They have already announced some shows for 2017, including a headlining appearance at the Governor’s Ball in New York and a stop at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl.

Mar 27, 2017 By Laura Studarus Volt Phonic

This weekend, we’ll be headed to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to check out the Isle of Light Festival.

Mar 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Band of Horses

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.

Mar 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Arca

Arca is releasing a new, self-titled, album on April 7 via XL. Previously he had shared its first single, “Piel,” and videos for “Anoche” and “Reverie.” Now he has shared another song from it, the short and glitchy “Saunter.” Listen below. Also below is the “Reverie” video.

Mar 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Marissa Nadler

“Our First 100 Days” is an anti-President Donald Trump project. The good folks behind the “30 Days, 30 Songs” anti-Trump campaign during the election have teamed up with Secretly Group for “Our First 100 Days.”

Mar 24, 2017 By Charles Steinberg The New Pornographers

The New Pornographers are bursting back with their seventh album Whiteout Conditions. The supergroup from Vancouver released its first video for ““High Ticket Attractions,”, which featured bizzarly fantastic footage of all out destructive mayhem at a highschool, and Under the Radar has an exclusive behind the scenes video.