Stereogum — Every December since 2020, Bone Sound Inc.‘s Ben Hosley has helmed Slow Xmas, a compilation series featuring indie artists doing Christmas songs. Slow Xmas 4 has arrived today, featuring Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner, Real Esate’s Julian Lynch,... more info

Obscure Sound — “lost cowboy” is a hooky rock success from bs, the first release in over two years from the project formerly known as brother sports. “lost cowboy” unveils a punchy guitar-forward enjoyment with jumpy vocal entrancement, conjuring a sound fon... more info

Stereogum — Dan Boeckner is best-known as the co-leader of Wolf Parade, and he’s also played in a ton of other bands, like Divine Fits, Handsome Furs, Operators, and Arcade Fire. Next month, he’ll release his first-ever solo album. He’s recording that o... more info

Consequence Of Sound — Boeckner! is out March 15th via Sub Pop. Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner Announces Debut Solo Album, Shares “Lose”: Stream Abby Jones more info

Stereogum — Daniel Boeckner is most known for fronting Wolf Parade, as well as playing in Operators, Divine Fits, and Handsome Furs. Today, he’s announcing his new project Boeckner and their eponymous debut album. The lead single “Lose” is out now. more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, great American rock band Spoon released their new album Lucifer On The Sofa . The record rules, and its existence means that we also get to see Spoon out there in the world, being cool. This past weekend, for instance, Spoon pl... more info

Stereogum — While playing Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, Spoon welcomed Wolf Parade’s Dan Boekner to the stage, where they all performed Wolf Parade’s “Modern World” during the encore. Boeckner, who also joined in on Spoon’s “Rent I Pay,�... more info

Stereogum — In the middle of March, Arcade Fire kicked off the rollout for their new album WE with the triumphant comeback single “The Lightning I, II.” Just two days later, founding member Will Butler — brother of frontman Win — announced he had lef... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The 2020 International Dublin Literary Award longlist has been announced. Congratulations to Largehearted Boy Book Notes contributors Anuradha Roy, Tayari Jones, Claire Fuller, Trent Dalton, Jordy Rosenberg, Willy Vlautin, Dara Horn, Ahmed Saadawi, P... more info

Chorus.fm — Wolf Parade will release their new album, Thin Mind, on January 24th. Today they’ve shared the new song “Forest Green.” more info