Nov 10, 2015 By Christopher Roberts The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are releasing a brand new EP, entitled Hell, this Friday (November 13) via their own label Painbow. Hell has three tracks: the title track, a cover of “Laid” by James (which they shared last month), and a cover of Felt’s “Ballad of the Band.” Now the band has shared “Hell,” which was originally shared in demo form back in August.

Nov 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Foals

Foals’ new album, What Went Down, came out at the end of August via Warner Music. Now the British band’s “Give it All” has been remixed by Lindstrøm (aka Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm), who extends it to eight minutes and makes it dancefloor ready.

Nov 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Death Cab for Cutie

Yoko Ono is releasing a new album, Yes, I’m a Witch Too, on February 19, 2016 via Manimal. It’s the sequel to 2007’s Yes, I’m a Witch. Like that record, this one is a collaborative album. Every song is a collaboration between Ono and a different artist. Today she has shared Death Cab for Cutie’s remix for “Forgive You My Love.”

Nov 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo‘s latest album, Stuff Like That There, came out back in August via Matador. Now the band has announced a slew of new tour dates in support of the record.

Nov 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Tove Lo

Coldplay have announced their new album, their seventh, and shared its first single. A Head Full of Dreams is due out December 4 via Parlophone/Atlantic and features several special guests: Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo, and Merry Clayton. Below is the album’s first single, “Adventure of a Lifetime.”

Nov 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Deerhunter

Deerhunter released their fantastic new album, Fading Frontier, last month via 4AD. The Los Angeles public radio station KCRW has posted the video of a session the band has done for Morning Becomes Eclectic show. It includes four songs from Fading Frontierand Halcyon Digest highlight “Desire Lines,” which has an extra long outro.

Nov 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Warcraft

The first trailer for Warcraft has been released. The adaptation of the Warcraft video games and novels is due out June 10, 2016. Duncan Jones (aka David Bowie’s son and the director of sci-fi mind-benders Moon and Source Code) directs from a script he co-wrote with Charles Leavitt.

Nov 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Star Wars

Last month what was described by directed J.J. Abrams as the final trailer for the highly anticipated sequel Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiered. But not so fast, that may have been a final American trailer, but a new international trailer has just been released and it shows off a bunch of new footage.

Nov 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Björk

Björk has posted a new video in which she’s calling for action to stop the Icelandic government from building power lines, power plants, and dams in the wilderness of Iceland’s highlands. In it she addresses the camera clad in a strange mask and reads from a statement written on a piece of cardboard.