Toronto duo Ducks Ltd released their debut album, Modern Fiction, last week via Royal Mountain and Carpark Records, and it recalls the heyday of ’80s jangly pop, with nods to groups like The Wedding Present, R.E.M., The Feelies, The Chills,… Read More
Get Thoughtcrimes’ expanded ‘Tape Night’ EP on exclusive splatter vinyl, limited to 150. Thoughtcrimes, the current band of former Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Billy Rymer, just released the expanded version of their 2019 debut EP Tap Night, with two new… Read More
This week in Indie Basement: The Innocence Mission‘s Karen Peris delivers an achingly beautiful album that is technically for kids but may play better with adults; Prince Rama‘s Taraka Larson heads into the garage for her solo debut; The Clean‘s… Read More
Bjork has just announced she’ll be bringing her gorgeous, elaborately staged show “Cornucopia” to the West Coast in early 2022, with three shows at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium on January 26 & 29 and February 1, and two shows at… Read More
Twitter is a wild place! After becoming funny on Twitter, Eve 6 got added to The Fest “as like a postmodern joke” (to quote Eve 6), and they’ve used their platform to promote a lot of the cooler, younger punk… Read More
Synthpop icons Soft Cell will release *Happiness Not Included, their first album in 20 years, on February 25, and they’ve just released a new single, “Bruises on My Illusions,” which Dave Ball describes as “one of our darker cinematic pop… Read More
Cat Power has long had a special way of making other people’s songs her own, and she’s released two albums worth of covers already, 2000’s The Covers Record and 2008’s Jukebox. Now she has a third on the way, titled,… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Thrice, Touche Amore, Self Defense Family @ Terminal 5 Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, The Messthetics @ The Bell House $uicideboy$, Turnstile, Night Lovell, Germ, Ramirez, Shakewell, Chetta @ The Rooftop at Pier 17 Lil Baby, Lil Durk… Read More
Lingua Ignota recently postponed her fall shows to 2022. She’s now announced new dates for those shows, which happen in May; see them below. She’s also added a second NYC date, happening the day after the first at the same… Read More
UK artist Tirzah was scheduled to play her first US shows, supporting her acclaimed, Mica Levi-produced debut LP Devotion, in 2019, but they were cancelled later that year over visa issues. She’s now released her second album, Colourgrade, and she’s… Read More