KEXP Seattle — Cleveland post-punk band Cloud Nothings are following up this year’s Life Without Sound with a new track, “Relief.” The previously unreleased demo is a contribution to a forthcoming benefit compilation, Taking It To Heart, Volume Two, which ... more info

Chorus.fm — Cloud Nothings’ new song “Relief” can be streamed below via Pitchfork. more info

Stereogum — Scrappy indie rockers Cloud Nothings released their Life Without Sound album earlier this year, and now they're back with a new joint that will be included on Taking It To Heart, Volume Two, a new benefit compilation that's raising money for the He... more info

Chorus.fm — Cloud Nothings have released a video for “Up to the Surface.” more info

Stereogum — At the beginning of the year, Cloud Nothings released a new album, Life Without Sound . In a couple months, they're embarking on a tour opening for Japandroids and today they've shared a video for "Up To The Surface." It was created by AUJIK and tak... more info

KEXP Seattle — Julie Byrne makes a face when she doesn’t have to sing, one that expresses a sheer contentment with what’s going on around her. She leaned back and made this face – which is featured on the cover her sublime sophomore outing, Not Even Happiness... more info

Stereogum — Coldplay's 2002 piano-anthem "Clocks" is probably the best song that band has ever released, a swooping and soaring and elegiac arena-wail that uses house-music sonics without every becoming house music. So naturally, Cloud Nothings have turned the s... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So now we've covered the best tracks of the year so far on a month by month basis, let's move on to the longform stuff. Feel free to remind us of these come the end of the year when something else from these six months overtakes the lot. Algi... more info

Stereogum — If you didn't get to see Japandroids on their massive North American tour, now's your chance. The band will embark on another North American tour this fall in support of their most recent album Near To The Wild Heart Of Life . The dates run from mid... more info

Chorus.fm — Cloud Nothings have shared their video for “Enter Entirely.” more info