Aug 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Petite Noir

As we previously reported, Petite Noir (aka half-Congolese, half-Angolan, Cape Town-residing artist Yannick Ilunga) is releasing his debut album, La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful, on September 11 via Domino.

Aug 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Django Django

Django Django videos tend to be fairly creative and much more fun than just the band performing the song in some studio somewhere. Their new video for “Pause Repeat” is no exception.

Aug 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Small Black

Small Black recently announced a new album, Best Blues, and shared the first single from it, “Boys Life.” Now they have shared another new song from it, “No One Wants It to Happen to You.” Check it out below.

Aug 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have shared two unreleased demos. “Hell” and “A Light” were originally intended for last year’s Days of Abandon album.

Aug 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Tobias Jesso Jr.

Vancouver-raised singer/songwriter/pianist Tobias Jesso Jr. stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. He performed “Crocodile Tears,” backed by a full band (including a horn section and violinist). He also did a performance of “Hollywood.” Both songs can be found on Jesso Jr.‘s critically well-received debut album, Goon, released earlier this year on True Panther.

Aug 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Bat For Lashes

Last week Bat For Lashes (aka Natasha Khan) was slowly announcing something via a game of hangman on top of moody black & white photos on her Instagram and Twitter accounts and included some snippets of new music.

Aug 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Tamaryn

Over the last few months Tamaryn has been slowly sharing great tracks from her excellent new album, Crane Kiss.

Aug 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Kanye West

The Weeknd is releasing his sophomore full-length, Beauty Behind the Madness, this Friday (August 28) via XO/Republic. Now Abel Tesfaye has shared a video for “Tell Your Friends,” a song that features co-production from Kanye West.

Aug 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Starz have released a new trailer for Ash vs. Evil Dead, the new 10-episode TV series sequel to the Evil Dead films. Bruce Campbell is back as Ash Williams and his chainsaw is at the ready.