Sep 04, 2014 By Michael Wojtas New Order

New Order have signed to Mute and announced plans to head back into the studio. The U.K. legends explain: “Mute has a superb roster of artists and a history that complements our own. In many ways joining the label feels like we are coming home, returning to our independent roots.”

Sep 04, 2014 By Michael Wojtas Kele

Way back in July, Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke announced plans for Trick, his second solo album. He’s finally unveiled the record’s first single, the grime-slicked house track “Doubt.”

Sep 04, 2014 By Michael Wojtas The New Pornographers

Fresh off the release of their latest album, Brill Bruisers, Canadian indie stalwarts The New Pornographers stopped by The Late Show With David Letterman to play the LP’s title track.

Sep 04, 2014 By Michael Wojtas Jack White

Jack White performed two tracks for La Blogotheque’s Take Away Shows series. The guitar-slinger and his band stopped by a Paris chapel to play the White Blood Cells track “The Same Boy You’ve Always Known” and the Lazaretto cut “Entitlement.”

Sep 04, 2014 By Michael Wojtas Iceage

Copenhagen punks Iceage have announced their third LP, Plowing Into the Field of Love, which is set for an October 7 release date. The news comes with a video for a brand new track from the band.

Sep 04, 2014 By Michael Wojtas Peaking Lights

Last month, L.A.’s Peaking Lights shared the bubbly, infectious dub-pop track “Breakdown.” They’ve now treated us to a video for the song.

Sep 04, 2014 By Frank Valish Moonbabies

Sweden’s Moonbabies has been making sweet indie-pop music since the late ‘90s. Its 2004 album, The Orange Billboard, still stands as one of the best albums the genre may have ever seen. But the duo of married couple Ola Frick and Carina Johansson Frick hasn’t released any music since 2007’s The Moonbabies at the Ballroom.

Sep 03, 2014 By Christopher Roberts God Help the Girl

This Friday the Glasgow-set musical film God Help the Girl opens in Los Angeles and New York and will be available to download or rent via Vimeo and iTunes. Then next week it gets a wider theatrical release. God Help the Girl is the feature film writing and directing debut of Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch.

Sep 03, 2014 By Michael Wojtas Modest Mouse

Modest Mouse’s 1996 debut record This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About and 1997 album The Lonesome Crowded West will be reissued on vinyl this autumn through Fat Possum and Isaac Brock’s own Glacial Pace label. Both reissues will contain songs from the original recording sessions that were never officially released.