Sweeping The Nation — Anna Hillburg - How Do You Make Believe Antonymes feat. Sarah Nixey - Coming Out Of Silence bar italia – worlds greatest emoter Bill Botting & The Two Drink Minimums - Cecily Cheekface - Largest Muscle City Parking - Carl Cloud Nothings - Final Sum... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The round-up of the decade about to close reaches that most dread of years, 2016. You know, when Bowie, Prince, George Michael, Leonard Cohen, George Martin etc all died we were told by some in the press that as our heroes aged this would be happenin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — This week: the debut LP from Piroshka (members of Lush, Elastica, Moose, Modern English), new records by Anemone and Pye Corner Audio, plus Cranes' debut reissued, and a new video by audiobooks. Continue reading… more info

Discobelle.net — Leftfield dance pop from Finnish outfit Pooma. more info

Sweeping The Nation — Because remember: NEW MUSIC DOES NOT STOP. christian fitness - slap bass hunksPlease refer to yesterday's post. Waxahatchee - SilverKatie Crutchfield returns with a meaningful guitar crunch that harkens back to the days when we called this kind o... more info

Sweeping The Nation — As of this weekend, an enormous crater opens up in the bedroom-insular, open air-spectacular world of indiepop as the Chance the Gardener of indie majordomo of all he surveyed Sean Price winds up his Fortuna Pop! label with a long London weekend enti... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The Orielles - Sugar Tastes Like SaltPeople who know things have been talking about the Halifax trio for a while, and now signed to Heavenly they've decided to abandon protocol and just go for it off the bat with an eight and a half minute debut ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Outside the CMT building, Nashville is booming. Cranes dot the skyline downtown, and thousands of tourists flood the neon-lighted clutch of clubs on Lower Broadway. In recent years, Music City has gained “It City” status, with new arrival... more info

Stereogum — Solange is the latest musician to dissect one of her tracks on the popular Song Exploder podcast. In this case the subject is A Seat At The Table standout "Cranes In The Sky." Hear the interview below. … more info

Music For Ants — Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6PUP “Sleep in the Heat” (dir. Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux)Radiohead “Daydreaming” (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)RY X “Only” (dir. Dugan O’Neal)Sam Spiegel & Ape Drums “Mutant Brai... more info