Last month Upchuck signed to Domino and released the Ty Segall-produced “Plastic.” Well, guess what? That track comes from the Atlanta punk quintet’s just-announced third album I’m Nice Now, which is entirely produced and mixed by the restless indie rocker (who recently released his own record titled Possession). The new singles “Forgotten Token” and “Un Momento” are out now, and …

If Marissa Paternoster joined Freezing Cold full-time, would they change their name to Freezing Females? Probably not. That’s probably just some dumb shit that I am writing in this blog post. Look, I needed a lede, and that’s a lede. It’s not good wordplay or anything, but I have to do something to justify my paycheck here. I can’t just …

John Prine’s Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings is getting a deluxe reissue for its 30th anniversary, which will bring the beloved 1995 album (produced by Howie Epstein of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) to vinyl for the first time. You know what that means: We’re about to enjoy some previously unreleased music from the late legend’s vault.

Well, here’s something weird. If you’ve been paying attention lately, you have probably noticed that Donald Trump and his base are at odds over the Epstein Files. Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected sex offender, supposedly died by suicide while awaiting trial in 2019. For years, Trump and his allies have been talking about an in-depth discussion into Epstein and his inner …

Jeff Tweedy remains the busiest indie rocker around. Last month Wilco announced next year’s Sky Blue Sky Festival, whose stacked lineup includes MJ Lenderman, Waxahatchee, and Cameron Winter among many others. Now the beloved frontman is announcing new solo music — not an album, nor a double album, but a triple album.

Over a long career, the English actor and international treasure Warwick Davis has played tons of iconic roles. He was Willow in Willow, the Leprechaun in the Leprechaun movies, Wicket the Ewok on Return Of The Jedi, and Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter joints. More recently, Davis played what might be his greatest role: The cop who beats up …

Groceries are no longer just something you buy. Groceries! are a Los Angeles “post-sleaze” band whose debut album Human Extinctions is coming out this Friday. They’ve shared a lot of the record already with the singles “Finding San Pedro,” “Causing Time,” “Stars,” and “Alegria,” and today they’re releasing one more called “Angel Numbers.”

Last year Camera Obscura returned with Look To The East, Look To The West, their first album in 11 years. Today Ducks Ltd. are sharing a cover of the beloved Scottish twee band’s 2006 earworm “Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken” featuring Gep Repasky from indie rock up-and-comers Lunar Vacation.

The poet and rapper Saul Williams was so important to the ’90s slam-poetry world that he played the lead in the 1998 film Slam, and he’s kept working steadily ever since; we’ve recently posted his collaborations with Deerhoof and Heems. Carlos Niño, meanwhile, is at the center of an entire ambient jazz universe in Los Angeles. He was the main …

Last year, “Porcupine Tattoo,” a single from XL Recordings head Richard Russell’s project Everything Is Recorded, featured the unlikely pairing of grizzled, elliptical singer-songwriter and indie rock icon Bill Callahan and alt-country-ish aspiring pop star Noah Cyrus. Supposedly, when Russell asked Callahan who he’d like to write a song for, Callahan replied, “Noah Cyrus.” And so it was.