What genre does The Weeknd belong to exactly? R&B tinged with soul/disco/hip hop/alt-rock/synth/downtempo/funk? Probably. As an artist who kept himself “shrouded in mystery” and deftly
Solange, of the songstress-laden Knowles family, has released a video for the song “Lovers in the Parking Lot” off her 2012 EP, True. The video, shot in a shopping
Let’s talk about originality. In some cases, it can truly make or break an album. We oftentimes chastise bands either for going too experimental on
Chromeo slides on down into disco on their new single “Over Your Shoulder.” Bouncy and ever so full of machismo, the electrofunk duo’s newest seduction
“Lose Yourself to Dance,” the slightly surprising first song from Random Access Memories graced with a music video, finds Daft Punk grooving atop a pyramid
Blood Orange, the most recent incarnation of multi-instrumentalist and collaborator extraordinaire Dev Hynes, released a music video for “Chamakay,” the first single of his upcoming
The Suzan is a charming, all-female pop rock band operating out of Brooklyn by way of Japan. Their first major release, Golden Week For The
Arcade Fire returns with a psychedelic interactive short film to showcase their new single “Reflektor,” the title track of their highly anticipated upcoming album. Entitled
Brooklyn noise-pop sensation Sleigh Bells returns with a new video for the title track of their upcoming album, Bitter Rivals. The video opens with the
Radical Dads, who are basically Alt Citizen BFFs at this point (they played our summer jam back in June) were gracious enough to grant us
This week, the super influential Pixies released a 4-song EP called simply EP-1. It contains probably the best Pixies song in recent memory – “Indie
Brooklyn’s own Frankie Rose recently released “Street of Dreams,” a cover of an original by The Damned and also the second single from her upcoming
Up close, Brooklyn-based Celestial Shore are quite a bit more heavy-handed than they are as a studio band, and that’s a pleasant distinction. On one
California’s psychedelic surf-rock downers The Growlers know how to get stuck in your head. Take “Humdrum Blues,” a single from their upcoming Gilded Pleasures EP,
The National do their single “Graceless” some serious justice in a frenzied new music video set in the home of frontman Matt Berninger’s parents’ home
For the second video from their excellent Thr!!!er, !!! (chk-chk-chk) made a very DIY-style video in an elevator in Japan (and got caught by security).
Some people still think of Earl from the “FREE EARL” rallying cries from his OFWGKTA cohorts when his mom sent him off to a boarding
Now that Matangi finally has a release date(11/5), M.I.A. has shared a glitchy and subdued track from it. “Unbreak My Mixtape” is M.I.A.’s most lovelorn
Alright, I’ll say it: this here album is a regular In-n-Out Burger. The fact that the reference occurred to me on a noise-only basis
Butter The Children gets a lot of shit for its name. Even me, a self-described stan for the band was apprehensive to listen. But when
Things have been quiet on the Parquet Courts front, as they’re probably still riding margarita waves of bliss from their much-applauded 2012 full-length Light Up
Philadelphia’s curiously volatile Man Man continue to rein in their subversive quirk in favor of inviting and stripped-down pop with their exclusive Facebook release this
Yuck have just released “Middle Sea,” the second single from their upcoming second album, which they’ve announced will be titled Glow & Behold. This highly anticipated and
Beach House are definitely not lacking in the strange-yet-engrossing video department. I remember stealing my college radio station’s copy of Teen Dream and watching the
Straight out of Chicago, Kids These Days’ trumpet player Nico Segal debuts his solo project Illasoul: Shades of Blue. By crossbreeding lyrical spoken word poetry,
While listening to Paracosm, Ernest Greene’s latest album as Washed Out, you notice how much it sounds like you are constantly entering a cliché flashback
My introduction to MINKS came in the form of “Margot,” a swift indie pop number colored bright by glossy synth and guitar that harkens, ever
The Head and The Heart are indie folk heavyweights – sunshiny warm vibes, super polished vocal harmonies, and stomping and clapping galore. This week they
The ever romantic Yo La Tengo, have returned with a music nerd’s idea of a romantic video for a romantic song. I promise I won’t
Oakland-bred outfit, Rogue Wave, wrapped up their 23-city North American tour last Sunday with a San Diego show that felt more like a kick-off than
“Certain words needs certain sounds.” A snippet from an old interview included in the video for the making of The Big Dream catches that David
Sadly, the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cooler, but there are some good new tunes to see the season out. I
