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KCRW snap archive

KCRW releasing archive of ’80s and ’90s recordings of Tom Waits, R.E.M., Nick Cave and more

Plus BENT24 archive streaming Deirdre O’Donoghue’s archive of artist interviews

Mike What Do I Do

Hear a new single from MIKE, “What Do I Do?”

Plus spring tour dates

Sweet Cobra

Hear a new song from Sweet Cobra, “Soft 11,” featuring Matt Talbott of Hum

New album ‘Threes’ out November 11

Roadburn 2023

Deafheaven, Wolves in the Throne Room on Roadburn 2023 lineup

Plus Big|Brave, Brutus, Candy, Julie Christmas and more

Morbid Angel tour dates

Morbid Angel announce 40th anniversary tour

Featuring support from Revocation, Crypta, Vitriol and Skeletal Remains

Yves Tumor God is a Circle

Watch the new video from Yves Tumor, “God is a Circle”

Hear their first new song in a year.

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo announce new album, This Stupid World

Hear new song “Fallout”

Idles

Idles announce expanded reissue of Brutalism

Hear “1049 Gotho,” recorded live at Glastonbury

Lingua Ignota tour dates

Kristin Hayter announces she’s retiring Lingua Ignota, taking new direction

“This era is over for me”

Artificial Intelligence reissue

Warp Records to reissue Artificial Intelligence compilation

Pioneering IDM compilation to be released on vinyl for the first time in 30 years

Cursive

Cursive to perform Domestica on tour this fall

The group will perform their 2000 album in full this fall.

Sault password albums

Sault release five new albums through password-protected folder

Five new albums available for five days

Shamir Breathe

Shamir signs to Kill Rock Stars, reissuing 2017’s Hope

Hear a previously unreleased bonus track, “Breathe”

Hirs Collective We're Still Here

The HIRS Collective announce new album We’re Still Here, featuring members of Garbage, Converge, Soul Glo and more

Hear the title track, featuring Shirley Manson of Garbage

Backxwash his happiness stream

Hear the new Backxwash album, His Happiness Shall Come First Even Though We Are Suffering

Hear the new album from the experimental Montreal hip-hop artist in its entirety

False Figure Castigations stream

Hear the new album from Oakland death rock band False Figure, Castigations

New album due out tomorrow, November 1

Fucked Up

Essential Tracks This Week: Fucked Up, Quicksand and more

Plus Algiers, The Men, and Ben LaMar Gay

Weyes Blood Grapevine video

Weyes Blood shares spooky video for “Grapevine”

See the latest from ‘And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow’

Pulp announce 2023 reunion tour dates

The Britpop legends return to the stage

Mogwai vinyl reissues

Mogwai announce reissues of Young Team and Come On Die Young

Two ’90s post-rock classics due out in February.