Mar 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Lorde

Twenty-year-old New Zealand singer/songwriter Lorde is releasing her sophomore album, Melodrama, on June 16 via LAVA/Republic.

Mar 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts HAERTS

Brooklyn-based band HAERTS turned heads in 2012 with their fantastic debut single, “Wings.” Its documentary style video has over 1.2 million views on YouTube. The band never quite matched the euphoria of “Wings,” neither with their 2013 HemiplegiaEP or their 2014-released self-titled debut album (both which featured “Wings”), but now they are back with a promising new song, “Your Love,” via its video. Watch it below.

Mar 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Young Galaxy

Montréal electro-pop band Young Galaxy have released a new single, “Stay For Real.” The band have self-released the song and all net proceeds from its sale will go to various political organizations “defending the rights of the marginalized”-PIVOT (Canada), ACLU (USA), and W.A.V.E (EU).

Mar 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Yumi Zouma

New Zealand synthpop band Yumi Zouma have covered Oasis’ 1995 Britpop classic “Champagne Supernova.” In fact, they’ve gone a step further and covered Oasis’ entire classic 1995 album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? It will be released on April 6 on limited edition vinyl (only 1,000 copies, each with a download card) as part of Turntable Kitchen’s Sounds Delicious vinyl subscription series.

Mar 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead have released a new EP, 3 O’Clock, and shared a video for one of its songs, “Golden Light.” The EP is out digitally today via the band’s own Asa Wa Kuru label.

Mar 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts British Sea Power

England’s British Sea Power are releasing a new album, Let the Dancers Inherit the Party, on March 31 on their own label Golden Chariot (via Caroline International). Previously they shared a video for “Bad Bohemian” and the audio for “Keep On Trying (Sechs Freunde).”

Mar 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts The Shins

The Shins released a new album, Heartworms, today via Aural Apothecary/Columbia. The band has already shared four songs from the album: “Dead Alive,” “Name For You,” “Mildenhall,” and “Painting a Hole.”

Mar 10, 2017 By Charles Steinberg

Fresh nightingale out of Brooklyn by way of D.C. Nick Hakim has breathed some life into the soul game. “Bet She Looks Like You” is the deeply echoing, vivacious and throwing first single from his upcoming debut album Green Twins and the live video was released today.

Mar 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts The Weeknd

The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) released his new full-length album, Starboy, last November via XO/Republic. Now he has shared a video for “I Feel It Coming,” one of the songs on the album to feature French electronic legends Daft Punk.