Stereogum — Big Boi has been in search of the chemistry he found with Andre 3000 in Outkast for years now, and his latest venture with Phantogram, though unexpected, is a surprisingly great partnership. These songs are reminiscent of Kimbra’s highly-underrated... more info

Stereogum — Lorely Rodriguez, the Brooklyn-based artist who records as Empress Of, wrote, performed, produced, and engineered every track on her excellent new album Me on her own. But in a recent live-in-studio session for Yours Truly, she got some help from a f... more info

Stereogum — All Blacks is the name of New Zealand’s national rugby team, and to honor the team, all of New Zealand’s most famous musical exports banded together to write a fight song. The supporters song features Lorde, Flight of the Conchords, Kimbra, Lord ... more info

Stereogum — Last summer, New Zealand’s foremost pop experimentalist Kimbra put out a wonderful, stubbornly eclectic sophomore album called The Golden Echo. It did not fare well. In fact, despite its heady, colorful, and technically brilliant layers of textured... more info

Stereogum — It’s been six years since we last heard from expansive Danish proggers Mew. Next week, they’ll finally get around to releasing +-, their long-awaited follow-up to 2009’s No More Stories… The new album aims for a kind of grand-scale crystallin... more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn-based electro-pop purveyor Big Data — helmed by Producer Alan Wilkis — have a new album on the way, and it features a whole host of collaborators including Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner, Twin Shadow’s George Lewis Jr... more info

Perez Hilton — Kimbra is that rare combo of talent and super awesomeness that leads to music so special, we had to bottle it up and serve it to you EXCLUSIVE acoustic style. Remember when we told you we had another Kimbra acoustic on the way? Remember that? Remembe... more info

Perez Hilton — It's no Miracle that Kimbra brings the tunes so effortlessly. Cause she's just that talented!! She was kind enough to grace us with an EXCLUSIVE "acoustic" performance of her fantastic track Miracle! [ Related: EXCLUSIVE! Melanie Martinez Performs Am... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tyvek in Austin, 2010 (">more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... TBA, Tyvek, Taiwan Housing Project, Ivy @ Death by Audio Detroit's abrasive Tyvek released... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Kimbra at Webster Hall in 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) Over the summer, Kimbra announced a tour with Empress Of which hits NYC on November 6 at Bowery Ballroom. That show unsurprisingly sold out almost immediately,... more info