Westerman's Ark EP is out early next month. Back in September, we heard lead single "Albatross," and just two weeks ago we got its taxidermy-filled music video. Today, the Artist To Watch is sharing the four-track EP's second single. "Outside Sub... more info

The Berries are a Seattle band fronted by Matthew Berry -- not the fantasy football guy, the one who formerly led the groups Happy Diving and Big Bite. Their debut album Start All Over Again is out this week through a partnership between Seattle's He... more info

Last week, we learned that the Good, The Bad & The Queen, the supergroup made up of Damon Albarn, the Clash's Paul Simonon, the Verve's Simon Tong, and Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, would be returning with their first album since their 2007 self-title... more info

I wrote about the Menzingers' last album, After The Party, for Stereogum's rundown of The 50 Best Albums Of 2017 So Far. Which was last ... June? Holy moly. It seems somehow impossible that we're now approaching 2018's year-end lists, but hey, the pa... more info

Britney Spears is the first thing you notice upon entering my childhood bedroom: a messily-taped 34-inch poster of a 17-year-old popstar with a million-watt smile. The Southern sweetheart is sitting on the back of a red pick-up truck in flare jeans a... more info

"Refute," one of the early singles from Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks' recent album Sparkle Hard, was a duet featuring Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon. But when Malkmus and the Jicks played the song at their show in Bristol on Sunday, they enlisted another in... more info

One of the best parts about following Ryley Walker on Twitter is his ongoing, alternately earnest and deadpan unpacking of a lifetime's worth of music fandom. Whether passionately stumping for Genesis or surreally flashing back to scenes from his Chr... more info

The New York-based label Mom+Pop is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and last night they held a concert at Brooklyn Steel featuring artists from their roster over the years. Performers included Courtney Barnett, Neon Indian, Sunflower Bean... more info

Who could've ever seen this coming? A couple of months ago, Nicki Minaj publicly begged Tracy Chapman to clear a sample so that she could include the song "Sorry" on her album Queen . Chapman refused, but the song found its way to the internet anywa... more info

"Oh, walk on the water for me/ Just for me, baby/ OK?" So goes the hook from "Freelance," the lead single from Chaz Bear's latest Toro Y Moi album. The erstwhile Chaz Bundick recorded the bitingly titled Outer Peace after returning to his Bay Area ho... more info