KEXP Seattle — Philly-based band The Districts return with their third LP, what KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls, “their strongest set to date, with a fuller, more dynamic and densely textured sound combining thick, swirling guitars, muscular rhythms and often... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — David Rawlings' Poor David's Almanack and Frankie Rose's Cage Tropical are albums I can wholeheartedly recommend this week. Guided By Voices's How Do You Spell Heaven is also available to stream and in stores. Reissues include remastered editions of.... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub recommended August's best new books. Stream the new Guided By Voices album How Do You Spell Heaven at Stereogum. Vol. 1 Brooklyn shared an excerpt from Alison Moore's novel The Lighthouse. Paste listed the best Arcade Fire songs.... more info

Stereogum — How Do You Spell Heaven is the third album since Dayton indie rock institution Guided By Voices returned from their second breakup last year. It's also the first since March's August By Cake , the one that was billed as frontman Robert Pollard's 100... more info

Stereogum — Sweet Apple, the band featuring Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis, Witch's Dave Sweetapple, and Cobra Verde's Tim Parnin and John Petkovic, is releasing a new album called Sing The Night In Sorrow this week. Today they're promoting it with a video for "World I... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The reignited band has been active since early 2016, with key former members including guitarist Doug Gillard and drummer Kevin March. more info

Stereogum — Guided By Voices have announced yet another new album, How Do You Spell Heaven, due out in August. It'll be GBV's second LP of 2017 following August By Cake, the one they touted as Robert Pollard's 100th album. Paste premiered the project's lead sing... more info

DrownedInSound — Pollard desperately needs to revisit the formula that consecrated the band as indie rock gods in the first place more info

Stereogum — August By Cake is Guided By Voices' first-ever double LP, and Robert Pollard's 100th album overall. That's a lot of albums! How many albums have you made? I bet it's not that many! We've heard three tracks from the album so far -- "Hiking Skin," "Dr.... more info

Consequence of Sound — The release marks Robert Pollard's 100th studio album. more info