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Boy Scouts – “A Lot To Ask”

Boy Scouts, the project of Oakland musician Taylor Vick, is releasing the new album Wayfinder next week. Its title was inspired by Sallie Tisdale’s book Advice For Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective On Death And Dying, which led Vick to reflect on her relationship with…
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Constant Smiles – “Run To Stay”

Constant Smiles are an indie rock collective led and anchored by sole constant member Ben Jones, originally formed on Martha’s Vineyard in 2009. Now 15 albums into their career, they’ve signed to Sacred Bones for the release of the newly announced album Paragons, named for Jones’ “attempt to be a mo…
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Cornelius Denies Bullying Incidents That Led To His Removal From Ol...

Japanese experimental musician Keigo Oyamada, better known as Cornelius, resigned from his role as a composer for the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony in July after old interviews, in which he apparently admitted to bullying and abusing schoolmates with disabilities, began recirculating online.
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Rick Astley & Blossoms Announce Smiths Covers Shows, Johnny Marr Ca...

Rick Astley is joining forces with Blossoms for two cover shows next month, performing songs by the Smiths with the indie-pop quintet as his backing band. The announcement, which was accompanied by rehearsal footage of them performing “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now,” came after Astley and Blossoms …
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Snarls – “Fixed Gear”

Columbus indie-pop Band To Watch Snarls are following up their 2020 debut Burst with What About Flowers?, a new EP recorded in Seattle and produced by former Death Cab For Cutie guitarist Chris Walla. “We had time to stew on this new aura our band has for this release. We have entirely new musical i…
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Beverly Glenn-Copeland Announces Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined Feat...

Transgressive reissued Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s pioneering 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies earlier this year. And now, the trans Canadian-American artist has announced Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined, a collection of remixes and covers featuring musicians like Bon Iver and Flock Of Dimes, Blood Orange, …
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Nothing – “La La Means I Love You” (The Delfonics Cover)

Next month, Nothing are releasing The Great Dismal B-Sides, which is exactly what it sounds like: a collection of tracks recorded during the sessions for the Philadelphia heavy-music-to-shoegaze band’s 2020 album The Great Dismal. Last month, they shared the new song “Amber Gambler.” Today, they’re …

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Watch The Trailer For New Karen Dalton Documentary In My Own Time

Karen Dalton, the extremely talented folk blues singer who left Oklahoma and became a major part of the growing Greenwich Village folk scene in New York City in the ’60s, only released two albums before fading into obscurity and eventually dying of AIDS at 55. Contemporaries like Bob Dylan have long…
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Hatchie – “This Enchanted”

Harriette Pilbeam, the Australian musician and Artist To Watch who makes sparkling dream-pop music under the name Hatchie, has signed to Secretly Canadian. And to celebrate, she’s sharing a new song called “This Enchanted” — her first official single since the release of Hatchie’s debut album Keepsa…
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Marissa Nadler – “If I Could Breathe Underwater”

Marissa Nadler announced her new album Path Of The Clouds last month with the release of its murder ballad-inspired lead single “Bessie, Did You Make It?” Today, she’s sharing another new song called “If I Could Breathe Underwater,” a lush, zoned-out dream-state groove featuring harp from her longti…
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Xenia Rubinos – “Don’t Put Me In Red”

Xenia Rubinos has already released five singles from her upcoming album Una Rosa: “Who Shot Ya?,” “Did My Best,” “Cógelo Suave,” “Working All The Time,” and “Sacude.” And today, she’s sharing one final single before the LP’s release next month, the Rita Indiana- and Rumba-influenced track “Don’t Put…
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Mike Patton Cancels Faith No More And Mr. Bungle Shows Due To Menta...

Mike Patton, frontman of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle, has cancelled all of both bands’ upcoming shows to focus on his mental health. “Sorry to report that due to mental health reasons, I cannot continue with the currently scheduled Faith No More and Mr. Bungle dates,” he announced today.
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James Blake – “Famous Last Words”

James Blake’s new album Friends That Break Your Heart was originally supposed to come out last week, but it’s been delayed until October due to vinyl factory delays caused by COVID. He’s still heading out tour this week, though, beginning with a show in San Diego on Thursday. And today, following ea…
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Lone – “Mouth Of God”

Matt Cutler, the UK DJ and producer who makes music under the name Lone, is releasing the new album Always Inside Your Head in October. His first LP in five years and his first for new label Greco Roman, Always Inside Your Head was inspired in large part by Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine — in…
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박혜진 Park Hye Jin – “I Need You”

Following her breakout EP How can I and a series of collaborative singles with the likes of Blood Orange and Clams Casino, Korean-born, LA-based producer/singer/rapper 박혜진 Park Hye Jin, one of the best new artists of 2020, is finally getting ready to release her debut album Before I Die.
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Ducks Ltd. – “How Lonely Are You?” (Feat. The Beths) - Stereogum

Ducks Ltd. – “How Lonely Are You?” (Feat. The Beths)  Stereogum
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Arctic Monkeys Reportedly Recorded A New Album Last Month

Arctic Monkeys were reportedly recording a new album last month. The band visited Butley Priory in Suffolk, England in July, and according to a post on the venue’s website, they made some music while they were there.
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Watch Wu-Tang Clan Perform With The Colorado Symphony Orchestra At ...

Artists who play the famously gorgeous Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado occasionally have the pleasure of being backed by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. The Flaming Lips performed the entirety of The Soft Bulletin with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra a few years back, and, uh, Ariel Pink perform…
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CHVRCHES – “The Killing Moon” (Echo & The Bunnymen Cover)

CHVRCHES, who are preparing to release their new album Screen Violence at the end of the month, have covered Echo & The Bunnymen’s 1984 classic “The Killing Moon” as an exclusive for Amazon’s DV8 playlist. “We all love Echo & The Bunnymen and had wanted to cover ‘The Killing Moon’ for a long time an…
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Denzel Curry – “The Game”

South Florida rap livewire Denzel Curry is supposedly releasing his new album Melt My Eyez, See Your Future sometime this year. And today, he’s back with “The Game,” his first official solo single of the year (not counting his rap-rock song with PLAYTHATBOIZAY from DC Comics’ Dark Nights: Death Meta…
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Beyoncé Prepping New Music, Hemp Farm

Although we’ve gotten plenty of projects like EVERYTHING IS LOVE, Homecoming: The Live Album, The Lion King: The Gift, and Black Is King in recent years, Beyoncé still hasn’t released a proper studio album since Lemonade way back in 2016. It’s still anyone’s guess when we’ll get another Beyoncé albu…