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Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub announce new album, Nothing Lasts Forever

Hear “Foreign Land”

The Budos Band Frontier's Edge

Budos Band announce new EP, Frontier’s Edge

Hear the title track

Le Guess Who?

Stereolab, Nala Sinephro, Armand Hammer to perform at Le Guess Who? 2023

Plus Backxwash, Jonny Greenwood and Dudu Tassa, Model/Actriz, Wolf Eyes and more

Jeff Rosenstock

Jeff Rosenstock returns with new single “Liked U Better”

See Rosenstock struggle with a muppet roommate, plus fall tour announced

Militarie Gun

Hear a new song from Militarie Gun, “Will Logic”

Plus tour dates announced with Scowl

Damon Locks Rob Mazurek

Damon Locks and Rob Mazurek announce new album, New Future City Radio

Hear their new song “Yes!”

Japanese Breakfast live at Brooklyn Steel, 2021

Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner announces open casting for Crying in H Mart movie

Who wants to play Michelle Zauner in the upcoming movie?

Dinosaur Jr. Where You Been anniversary shows

Dinosaur Jr. announce Where You Been? 30th anniversary shows

Hear the band play the album in its entirety in London and New York.

Bonnie Prince Billy Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You review

Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces new album, Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You

Hear new song “Bananas”

Roisin Murphy

Essential Tracks This Week: Róisín Murphy, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and more

Plus bar italia, Shapednoise featuring Armand Hammer, and Small Miracles

Hopscotch Festival 2023

Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast to play 2023 Hopscotch Festival

Plus Dinosaur Jr., Alvvays, Margo Price, Jeff Parker and more

Khanate

Khanate release To Be Cruel, their first new album in 14 years

Hear the band’s first album since 2009

R.I.P. Andy Rourke of The Smiths

The famed bassist has died at age 59

Blur

Blur announce new album, The Ballad of Darren

Hear “The Narcissist”

Landowner

Hear a new song from Western Mass. post-punks Landowner, “Witch Museum”

‘Escape the Compound’ out on July 21

Mutoid Man

Mutoid Man announce new album Mutants

Hear “Call of the Void”

Pardoner

Hear a new song from Pardoner, “My Wagon”

Plus summer tour starts in July

High Vis West Coast tour

High Vis announce summer west coast tour dates

The UK post-punk group returns to the states this summer and fall

Roisin Murphy

Róisín Murphy announces new collaborative album with DJ Koze, Hit Parade

Hear “The Universe”

The National

The National’s Homecoming Festival returns in 2023 with Patti Smith, Pavement, The Walkmen

Plus Bartees Strange, Snail Mail, Weyes Blood and more