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Flock of Dimes Shares New Song, “Potential,” for “Our First 100 Days” Anti-Donald Trump Project

Mar 20, 2017 Flock of Dimes

“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.”

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Father John Misty Shares Three “Generic Pop Song” Parodies

Mar 19, 2017 Father John Misty

Father John Misty (aka Josh Tillman) is releasing a new 75-minute long album, Pure Comedy, on April 7 via Sub Pop worldwide (except in Europe, where it’s a Bella Union release).

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Six Albums Out Today Worth Hearing: Real Estate, Spoon, Conor Oberst, Depeche Mode, and More

Mar 17, 2017 Conor Oberst

Here we highlight six albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage.

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Dan Lucas (1986 - 2017): A Tribute to the Late, Great Under the Radar Writer

Mar 17, 2017

Last Sunday night (March 12), Under the Radar lost one of our own when our writer Dan Lucas unexpectedly passed away from a surprise illness at his flat in London. I was awoken by the devastating news on Monday morning. He was only 31 and his death has saddened and shocked his family, friends, and loved ones, and also rattled the British music journalism community, where he was an active and well-loved figure.

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Listen: Julien Baker - “Distant Solar Systems”

Mar 17, 2017 Julien Baker

Singer/songwriter Julien Baker, who was the talk of SXSW 2016, recently signed to Matador after interest from most of the important American indie labels. Matador previously announced a new Baker 7-inch and shared its A-side, “Funeral Pyre.”

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Listen: Feist Shares New Song - “Pleasure”

Mar 17, 2017 Feist

Leslie Feist is releasing a new album, Pleasure, on April 28 via Interscope. Yesterday afternoon and evening she posted a bunch of strange teaser videos to her social media feeds, each a moment from a different film, most seemingly European movies, and each ending with a brief snippet of a new Feist song.

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Feist Shares Cryptic Teaser Videos That Feature a Snippet of New Music

Mar 16, 2017 Feist

Leslie Feist is releasing a new album, Pleasure, on April 28 via Interscope. So far she hasn’t shared any songs from the album, but today she’s been posting strange teaser videos to her social media feeds, such as Instagram.

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Watch The xx Perform With Florence Welch, Savages’ Jehnny Beth, Cat Power, and Robyn

Mar 16, 2017 Savages

The xx released a new album, I See You, back in January via Young Turks. This week they’ve been performing a series of shows in a residency at London’s Brixton Academy they were calling “Night + Day” and have been bringing out some cool special guests each night.

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Weezer Release New Song, “Feels Like Summer,” and Announce New Tour Dates

Mar 16, 2017 Weezer

Weezer have released a new song, “Feels Like Summer,” and announced some new tour dates. The song is said to be the first taste of their next album, which is due out later this year.

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