Sep 21, 2015 By Christopher Roberts CHVRCHES

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are releasing their much-anticipated second album, Every Open Eye, this Friday (September 25) via Glassnote. Now you can stream the whole thing below via NPR First Listen.

Sep 21, 2015 By Michael Wojtas Jacuzzi Boys

This Friday, good-time garage rockers Jacuzzi Boys will release a new EP called Happy Damage via their own Mag Mag label. Today, we’re premiering the EP in its entirety.

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Father John Misty

Follow an amusing teaser trailer released for it on Wednesday, Father John Misty (real name Josh Tillman) has shared a video for “The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment,” one of the standouts from this year’s I Love You, Honeybear album. In it Tillman meets Tillman in a bar and brings him home with him. The two Tillman’s do coke, swim in his pool, make-out, and seemingly sleep together.

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Deerhoof

Proving that the scientists over at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) are hipper than you maybe thought they might be, they recently invited Deerhoof to do an improvisational performance at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland. You know the one, where they are trying to ascertain the origins of the universe and have been conducting amazing experiments in particle physics since it opened in 2008 (when it was once feared it might tear a whole in time and space when activated or something like that).

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Elbow

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey formally announced his debut solo album, Courting the Squall, on Wednesday. The first single was announced as “Angela’s Eyes” and was played on BBC Radio 6 Music, but there was no easy way for U.S. listeners to hear the song. Now it has surfaced on YouTube (stream below) and can also be listened to on Spotify here.

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Toro y Moi

Toro y Moi (aka Chaz Bundick) may have just surprise released a new collection/album entitled Samantha, but now he’s shared a video for “Half Dome,” a song taken from his April-released full-length What For? (released by Carpark).

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Big Boi

OutKast’s Big Boi and Phantogram (the duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter) have teamed up as Big Grams and recently announced their debut EP, BIG GRAMS, a seven-song collection that is due out on September 25 via Epic. Previously the trio shared their first single, “Fell in the Sun.” Now they’ve shared another song from the EP, “Lights On.” You can stream it below.

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Metric

Metric are releasing their new album, Pagans in Vegas, today via their own label MMI. Now they have announced some new November tour dates. You can check out their American touring schedule below.

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Doctor Who

Jenna Coleman, who plays Clara Oswald, The Doctor’s current companion/traveler in space in time on Doctor Who, has officially announced that she is leaving the show at some point in the new season, which premieres this Saturday at 9 PM on BBC America. Her departure was rumored earlier in the week, but Coleman confirmed the news on BBC Radio 1’s Breakfast Show this morning, saying, “I have left the TARDIS…I have filmed my last scenes.”