Jul 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Surfer Blood

Amazon Music (as in Amazon.com) have put together the Amazon Acoustics compilation that features artists covering other artists’ songs acoustically. Surfer Blood’s take on OutKast’s megahit “Hey Ya” in on the comp and can be streamed here. They turn the funky song into a delightful folk-rock number.

Jul 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Julia Holter

Los Angeles based artist Julia Holter is back with her fourth full-length album and has shared a video for its first single. Have You in My Wilderness, the follow-up to 2013’s Loud City Song, is due out September 25 via Domino. You can watch the video for album opener “Feel You,” which features Holter paling around with a dog and looking a bit lonely.

Jul 09, 2015 By Laura Studarus Paul McCartney

Last night Paul McCartney performed at the Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway.

Jul 09, 2015 By Laura Studarus The Last Internationale

Last weekend, Oslo, Norway, hosted Stavernfestivalen.

Jul 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Destroyer

Destroyer (aka Dan Bejar) has shared a video for “Girl in a Sling.” The song is taken from his forthcoming new album, Poison Season, due out August 28 on Merge in the U.S. (and via Dead Oceans in Europe).

Jul 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

After George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney and gave up creative control of the Star Wars franchise, Disney announced a whole bunch of new Star Wars movies.

Jul 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Yuck

London four-piece Yuck are back with a brand new song. The band are currently finishing up their third album, the follow-up to 2013’s Glow & Behold. It’s not due for release until 2016, but the band has already shared an early morsel from it, the fuzzy rocker “Hold Me Closer.”

Jul 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Ducktails

As we teased earlier today, the new video from Ducktails (aka Matt Mondanile from Real Estate) co-stars Mac DeMarco. The goofy clip for “Surreal Exposure” starts with Mondanile seemingly stalking DeMarco.

Jul 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Chelsea Wolfe

Chelsea Wolfe has shared another song from her forthcoming new album, Abyss, which is due out August 7 via Sargent House.