Consequence of Sound — Case's first solo album in five years is due out this summer and features contributions from Mark Lanegan, k.d. lang, her New Pornographers bandmate AC Newman, Beth Ditto, and more. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Neko's new album features appearances by Beth Ditto, Mark Lanegan, k.d. Lang, Eric Bachmann (Crooked Fingers, Archers of Loaf), Doug Gillard (Guided by Voices, Nada Surf), Laura Veirs, Joey Burns (Calexico), as well as New Pornographers bandmate... more info

Stereogum — Neko Case's output as of late has been the product of collaboration. Last year, she worked on the New Pornographers' Whiteout Conditions , and the year before that she released an album with kd lang and Laura Veirs. Case hasn't put out an LP under h... more info

Consequence of Sound — Marking The New Pornographers member's first solo album in five years. more info

Stereogum — Although she contributed to the collaborative album case/lang/veirs in 2016 and the New Pornographers' Whiteout Conditions last year, Neko Case hasn't released a proper solo album since 2013's The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — As explained in the A-J post last time out, by "other" we mean anything not from one of our top 50 albums of the year. The second hundred of our far too large selection runs thus... Kagoule - Monsieur AutomatonKamikaze Girls - DeathcapKatiya Falcone... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Oxenfree are a Brooklyn-based band who take inspiration from the pop sensibilities of groups like The New Pornographers while bringing the raw energy of acts like The Replacements. The group has me hooked with their high energy rocker “Garbage Coll... more info

Obscure Sound — Drawing from hook-y and immediately captivating indie-rock acts like Spoon and The New Pornographers, Cincinnati-based group New Sincerity Works exude a similarly active sound throughout their new album Wonder Lust. “I wrote the songs to accompany ... more info

Stereogum — When the New Pornographers released their great new album Whiteout Conditions earlier this year, there was a conspicuous Dan Bejar-shaped absence. New Pornos ringleader A.C. Newman had a plain enough explanation: When he told Bejar that he was aiming... more info

Stereogum — There's one thing to get straight about the New Pornographers. Even if you've ever listened to Limblifter, Immaculate Machine, the Evaporators, and yes, Zumpano, enlisting one member apiece from these bands does not make Carl Newman's reigning power-... more info