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
Cyrano, the upcoming big screen musical adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac, features music by The National‘s Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner and song lyrics by their bandmate Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser. If you’ve watched the Cyrano… Read More
LCD Soundsystem‘s 20-show residency at Brooklyn Steel went on sale today at 10 AM and instantly sold out. The venue posted a statement on their socials today about trying to combat scalpers, and launched a waitlist you can sign up for if… Read More
Arca just revealed that she has a new album, KICK ii, on the way, and while she hasn’t announced a tour supporting it, she does have two shows coming up right around its release in December. They’re part of “Night… 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
Tickets for Yo La Tengo‘s 2021 Hanukkah shows at Bowery Ballroom (Nov 28 – Dec 5) go on sale today at noon. If you’re unfamiliar, each Hanukkah show features a surprise opening artist and comedian. Yo La Tengo’s main set… Read More
Circle Jerks recently added a bunch of 2022 dates with 7Seconds and Negative Approach to their 40th anniversary tour, which they’re finally on after pandemic-related delays. The new dates included an NYC show at Irving Plaza on April 14, which… Read More
Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins has announced a new album, Elephant in the Room, due October 29 via Cinematic Music Group. The album features serpentwithfeet, plus production from Saba, Joe Armon-Jones, Monte Booker, and more. Speaking about the project, Mick says,… 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
Danish group Efterklang have just released their sixth album, Windflowers, which is their first for City Slang. The trio of Mads Brauer, Rasmus Stolberg and Casper Clausen made it with contributions from Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė, Bert Cools, Øyunn and Christian Balvig, and it finds them blending effervescent synthpop… Read More