Tuneage — musicforants: Here’s my favorite albums & songs from what I think was one of the most interesting and abundant years in music in some time. Click here to listen to my full Best Songs of 2018 playlist (75 tracks).Favorite Albums of 201801. ... more info

Music For Ants — Here’s my favorite albums & songs from what I think was one of the most interesting and abundant years in music in some time. Click here to listen to my full Best Songs of 2018 playlist (75 tracks).Favorite Albums of 201801. Kacey Musgraves... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Interesting and odd year in this regard as well as all the others, 2018. A lot of established names sat it out, others released surprise albums that got instant four-star reviews and then utterly disappeared from the wider conversation, and a good fe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: James Blake, Judas Priest, Spiritualized, Anderson .Paak, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Gang of Four, Roger McGuinn, Madball, Empress Of, and more NYC-area shows on sale. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: My Morning Jacket, Todd Rundgren, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Hand Habits, and more tickets on sale. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Spiritualized played NYC and L.A. shows with orchestral accompaniment this year in celebration of their great new LP And Nothing Hurt. Now Jason Pierce has announced a more extensive North American tour for 2019... Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — And Nothing Hurt was recently named the tenth best album of the year. more info

Obscure Sound — The Asteroid Shop impress with new track “Vanished,” which we’re happy to premiere. Led by Eric Brendo, the project impresses with a spacey vein of psych-rock, comparable to Spiritualized and Spacemen 3. The swirling, hypnotic guitars mesh with... more info

Stereogum — Nashville's endlessly adventurous Big Ears festival has announced its 2019 lineup. Spiritualized, who made their triumphant return with And Nothing Hurt this year, will headline the event, which is going down March 21-24 at more than a dozen venues... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2019 edition of Knoxville, TN's Big Ears Festival happens March 21-24 and also features Spiritualized, This Is Not This Heat, Béla Fleck, Mercury Rev, serpentwithfeet, Harold Budd, Moor Mother, Sons of Kemet, and lots more. Continue reading... more info