Stereogum — Parquet Courts played a one-time concert with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on Thursday night at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall as part of the BSO Pulse series, a program for "bringing together the worlds of classical music and indie artists onto one stage."... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Amaya Laucirica - Let It HappenIt's been a big year so far for Australian acts catching on overseas and Laucirica is at the upper end with Rituals, sumptuous, quietly multi-layered and open hearted dreampop rich with yearning and learning, like a... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Baltimore duo Ed Schrader’s Music Beat returned in March with new album Riddles, which was released via Carpark Records. Produced by Dan Deacon, it’s their most polished and fully realized record to date. On April 15 they finished up their U.S. t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Code Orange, Dan Deacon, High on Fire, Julianna Barwick, Zola Jesus, Big Freedia and more added. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Indie rockers Sufjan Stevens, Dan Deacon, Feist, Beck Thom Yorke, Conor Oberst, Bradford Cox, Gogol Borgello's Eugene Hutz, and more join forces to battle Thanos on this very special episode of 'The Special without Brett Davis.' Continue readin... more info

Topix — Baltimore noise-rock duo, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, released the gleeful new video for "Riddles," the title track of their buzzy third album produced by electro-pop composer Dan Deacon . Electronic composer behind 'Rat Film' score also di... more info

Rolling Stone — Ed Schrader's Music Beat released the gleeful new video for "Riddles," the title track of their buzzy third album, produced by avant-garde composer Dan Deacon.The video, directed by Jay Buim, opens like a Baltimore film noir. Beneath the glow of... more info

Stereogum — Last week, Ed Schrader's Music Beat released their third album, Riddles. It's a big leap for the Baltimore duo, not exclusively because Dan Deacon produced it, though the fellow Charm City mainstay certainly helped unlock some of the complex melodies... more info

Stereogum — It's been four years since local Baltimore heroes and Band To Watch alums Ed Schrader's Music Beat released their last full-length, 2014's Party Jail , but today the duo has announced that their third album will come out in March. It's called Riddle... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Tom Hanks talked to Morning Edition about his new short story collection Uncommon Type. Eileen Myles discussed the music that shaped her life at Pitchfork. Vol. 1 Brooklyn shared new short fiction by Meg Pokrass. Dan Deacon talked to All... more info