billy woods released his great new Preservation-produced album Aethiopes today (read our review), and he and Pres will celebrate it with a release show on June 29 at Elsewhere's Rooftop with special guests. No word on who those guests are,… Read More
Sleater-Kinney's third album and breakthrough, Dig Me Out, turns 25 today (4/8), and to celebrate they've announced a new album of other artists covering its songs. They've put together quite an exciting list of participating artists, including Courtney Barnett, St.… Read More
Steve Earle & The Dukes are releasing a tribute album to the late Jerry Jeff Walker, simply titled Jerry Jeff, on May 20 via New West. It's in the same series as their Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark tributes. “This… Read More
Emma Ruth Rundle has announced new album Electric Guitar Two: Dowsing Voice, which will be released May 13 via Sargent House. It's a quasi sequel to 2011's EG1 and she says it's "album of improvised music – with an emphasis… Read More
Charleston, South Carolina country rock vets Blue Dogs have announced their first album in 16 years, Big Dreamers, due June 3 (pre-order). The album was produced by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden (who's also fresh off… Read More
As we talked about in our list of all-time essential ska albums, '80s-era Bay Area band The Uptones played a massive yet often-overlooked role in the development of US ska-punk, directly paving the way for Operation Ivy and Rancid, who… Read More
NY native Dena Miller's debut LP as Deer Scout, Woodpecker, is out today via Carpark Records. It's full of twee folk gems with a pastoral feel that comes through in the harmonies and strings, and you can stream it below.… Read More
Motion City Soundtrack are gearing up to finally take their beloved 2005 sophomore album Commit This to Memory on tour this summer, and we're also teaming with the band on a new translucent ruby red vinyl pressing of their classic… Read More
From Tesla to the Twitter board, Elon Musk is everywhere, but if you still can't get enough of Grimes' on-again, off-again partner, there's a new documentary about him and SpaceX on Netflix, Return to Space. If you'd rather not subject… Read More
It's a big week in Indie Basement: Wet Leg finally release their debut album; Pavement finally release the Terror Twilight deluxe edition; plus reviews of new albums by Orville Peck, Kae Tempest, Mick Trouble, The Pop Group's Mark Stewart (ft.… Read More