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Album of the Week: Wand – Laughing Matter

The California psych band finds their definition of “psychedelic” evolving with their best set of songs yet.

Chairman Dances video premiere

Premiere: The Chairman Dances make frustrating home movies in their “No Compass, No Map” video

See the band encounter a bitter cold while they try to make a video.

Woolly Bushmen premiere

Premiere: The Woolly Bushmen harness ’50s rock ‘n’ roll sounds for “Fine”

Hear the Florida band’s fun, doo-wop inflected new track.

Pill Essential Track fruit

Pill have broken up

The Brooklyn post-punk group calls it quits.

Explosions in the Sky tour

Explosions in the Sky announce 20th anniversary tour

Post-rock outfit celebrates two decades of performing together.

J. Robbins new album Un-becoming

Jawbox’s J. Robbins announces solo album

Hear a new song, “Soldier On”.

Charly Bliss essential track

Charly Bliss “Hard to Believe” is anguish packed into a power pop sugar high

A frustrating, toxic situation wrapped in one of their catchiest songs.

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PUP : Morbid Stuff

The Canadian pop-punk band delivers an audacious spectacle on their third LP.

Rakta Falha Comum review

Rakta : Falha Comum

The Brazilian post-punk band serves up a kind of psychedelic witchery.

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Priests : The Seduction of Kansas

A more polished, new wave-leaning effort from the Washington, D.C. post-punk outfit.

Pile essential track

Pile rip through two seething minutes of punk on “The Soft Hands of Stephen Miller”

Trump’s senior advisor gets a dressing down in this two-minute ripper.

Swervedriver Future Ruins review

Swervedriver : Future Ruins

The shoegaze icons’ latest is a little too overstuffed with ideas.

Facs Lifelike review

FACS : Lifelike

A slightly brighter take on the Chicago band’s brutalist post-punk.

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La Dispute : Panorama

Like the loudest collection of prose you’ve ever heard.

Titus Andronicus new album An Obelisk

Titus Andronicus announce new album, An Obelisk

Hear new track “(I Blame) Society”.

Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising

An intricate record that finds Natalie Mering going into space.

Interpol new EP a Fine Mess

Interpol announce new EP, A Fine Mess

Hear new single “The Weekend.”