Britain’s experimental R&B singer FKA Twigs drops her debut album, LP1, on August 12 via Young Turks. In anticipation, it’s streaming in full over at iTunes Radio. The 10-track release follows up her last two EPs and features production from Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, Paul Epworth, and Arca. We’ve already heard “Two Weeks” and “Video Girl,” but hearing them in context […]
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Listen to Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin Member’s New Band Meatbodies
July 30th, 2014 
Nina Corcoran Back when Ty Segall was touring in his new band FUZZ and Mikal Cronin made a critically-acclaimed solo debut, Chad Ubovich was playing guitar and bass behind both psych rock gods. Between tours, Ubovich spent his time recording his own crunchy fuzz as Chad and the Meatbodies. With a little help from Segall, he’s now […]
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Mega Bog Announce Debut Album ‘Gone Banana,’ Stream “Year of Patience”
July 25th, 2014 Nina Corcoran After 5 years of self-released material and re-writing songs, Mega Bog are finally ready to share their debut album. Titled Gone Banana, the album drops September 23 via Couple Skate and showcases the group’s lo-fi jazz rock sound. Finally, a band you and your dad can agree on. With Kevin Ayers and Steely Dan influences, the […]
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Feel Your Skin Crawl While Watching the Debut Trailer for ‘Nightcrawler’
July 24th, 2014 Tyler Osborne I have to let you know this up front: I’m a huge fan of Jake Gyllenhaal’s. I think he is wildly under appreciated, and does a lot of really great character work in almost all of his films, that usually ends up going unnoticed. Today, we are pleased to share with you the undeniably creepy […]
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Stream Little Daylight’s Debut Album ‘Hello Memory’
July 7th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Brooklyn trio Little Daylight may claim to bring a small amount of light to the room, but we think they’ve got the whole thing glowing. After one listen to the CHVRCHES-esque “My Life,” we’ve been waiting for the synth pop group to drop their debut album, Hello Memory, on July 15. Now we get to hear it in full. Hello […]
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Stream Cold Beat’s Debut Album ‘Over Me’
July 1st, 2014 Nina Corcoran Lo-fi grunge surf rock could use more females fronting the scene, and thankfully Cold Beat is stepping up to the challenge. The San Francisco-based group sees Grass Widow’s Hannah Lew at the microphone, making their debut LP, Over Me, a must-listen. We got a taste of the album with “Mirror” earlier on, and this week we get […]
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O Announces Debut Solo Record, ‘Crush Songs’
June 25th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Last year the Yeah Yeah Yeahs put out Mosquito, but it seems juggling that and music for Spike Jonze’s Her wasn’t enough to keep fontwoman Karen O busy. She’s just announced she will be dropping her first ever solo album, Crush Songs, September 9 via Cult (Julian Casablancas’ label). That’s the album art to the left. It may come as a surprise […]
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Watch Angel Olsen’s TV Debut on ‘Letterman’
June 19th, 2014 Nina Corcoran It’s been four months since Angel Olsen‘s fantastic record Burn Your Fire For No Witness came out and not a week goes by that I don’t find myself listening to it in full. The only thing better than giving it a spin is hearing that material live. Thankfully the whole TV-watching world got a chance to […]
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Watch Real Estate Debut New Song “White Light” and Cover Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So”
June 18th, 2014 Nina Corcoran It’s been quite a year for New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate. Not only did they put out an excellent new album, Atlas, but they announced a new live EP, shared US tour dates, and taught us how to play “Crime” on guitar. Naturally the next step was to stop by La Blogothèque for a dependably breathtaking live session. […]
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REVIEW: Northernmost – ‘Northernmost’
June 11th, 2014 Drew Caruso Artist: Northernmost Album: Northernmost Genre: Post-Hardcore, Indie Let me first begin by saying I love the name Northernmost. I know one is to not judge a book by its cover, but anyone acclimated with my writing knows just how much I appreciate a northern escapist mindset. With this on the tip of my imagination, when […]
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Watch Twin Shadow Perform “To The Top” on ‘Conan’
June 4th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Back in April, Twin Shadow dropped a powerful new song titled “To The Top.” It’s a strong pop piece of ’80s foundation with clean vocals sung over it, but that was all he shared. There was no word of a new album, an EP, or anything. So when he stepped onstage on Conan last night, his presence […]
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Gerard Way To Make Live Solo Debut At Reading And Leeds
May 29th, 2014 James Shotwell Former My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has revealed plans to make his live solo debut at this year’s Reading and Leeds Music Festivals. Revealed this morning via Twitter, the organizers for Reading and Leeds revealed that Gerard Way will be making his first-ever live appearance as a solo artist as part of the world […]
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