Jul 02, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin (aka Richard D. James) has announced a new EP, orphaned deejay selek 2006-2008, to be released under his AFX name on August 21 via Warp.

Jul 02, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Veruca Salt

Veruca Salt‘s new album Ghost Notes is due out July 10 via El Camino Records but you can now stream the whole thing below via NPR First Listen.

Jul 02, 2015 By Christopher Roberts The Libertines

Last night The Libertines announced their first album in 11 years, since 2004’s self-titled album. This is after the band announced last year that they were reforming and started playing shows together again.

Jul 02, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles are currently working on their new album. It’ll be their first without vocalist Alice Glass, who departed the band last year.

Jul 02, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Jarvis Cocker

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has teamed up with Red Bull Paris for the “20 Golden Greats” project. It’s an exhibition at their art space in Paris (at 12 Mail, 75002 Paris, France) that is currently running until August 28.

Jul 01, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Beach House

Baltimore duo Beach House (Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally) are sharing tracks from their forthcoming new album the old fashioned way, via the radio. Back in May the band announced Depression Cherry, their fifth album and the follow-up to 2012’s Bloom.

Jul 01, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Massive Attack

Sole remaining Massive Attack member, Robert “3D” Del Naja, has remixed Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ song “The Right Stuff.”

Jul 01, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Blood Orange

Blood Orange (aka Dev Hynes) has shared a brand new standalone song, “Do You See My Skin Through the Flames?” The sprawling near-11-minute long track isn’t from any album and tackles racism, the recent Charleston church shooting, and more.

Jul 01, 2015 By Christopher Roberts Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert will soon be taking over David Letterman’s late night show timeslot on CBS, now that Letterman has retired. Even though he hosted The Colbert Report for years, as a funny warm up he guest hosted an episode of Only in Monroe, a public access TV show only broadcast in Michigan on MPACT (Monroe Public Access Cable Television).