Want, the upcoming album from the Santa Fe-based singer-songwriter Esther Rose, is shaping up really nicely. We’ve already posted the early singles “New Bad” and “Had To,” both of which push Rose’s rootsy-folky sound in different directions. Today, she keeps the streak going with “The Clown,” a hazy and twinkly jam that gets a ton of mileage out of Rose’s …

Hayden Pedigo and Chat Pile collab album when? Not sure, but in the meantime the Texas-born and Oklahoma City-based fingerstyle guitarist has announced his new record I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away, the follow-up to 2023’s The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored. He’s sharing the lead single and LP opener “Long Pond Lily” today.

Chicago indie rock trio Lifeguard have been on our radar for quite a while now, making our list of the Best New Bands Of 2023. Today — not long after the well-received reissue of band member Kai Slater’s Sharp Pins album Radio DDR — the high school pals have finally announced their their debut album Ripped And Torn, recorded last …

Great news: Stereolab are getting ready to release their first album in 15 years, Instant Holograms On Metal Film. The band has been teasing new music for a little over a week now, and today they finally made the announcement and shared the lead single “Aerial Troubles.”

The great singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega has had an amazing career that stretches back decades, and it’s not an exaggeration to call her a straight-up legend. But everyone feels small when they compare themselves to somebody else. Today, Vega has a new song that’s all about existing in someone else’s shadow. On “Chambermaid,” she sings about tending to a “great man”: …

If you’ve been lamenting about how it’s been 10 years (!) since Title Fight released their last album Hyperview, listen up. Charmer announced their third album Downpour last month and released the turbulent anthem “Arrowhead,” and now the emo band is back with the even more Title Fight-esque single “Blue Jay.”

It’s April 8, which some true indie freaks may consider a holiday because of Neutral Milk Hotel’s haunting On Avery Island track “April 8.” Today, on April 8, Home Is Where, an emo group that often gets compared to Neutral Milk Hotel, are announcing their new album Hunting Season. That is beautiful.

Willi Carlisle earned Artist To Watch honors for last year’s Critterland. It’s time to keep watching because the rootsy Arkansas singer-songwriter is already ready to roll out another album. Winged Victory, set for release in June, features some folk traditionals and a cover of Richard Thompson’s “Beeswing.” There are also songs called “Big Butt Billy” and “Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears.” …

It’s been five years since Lido Pimienta’s latest LP Miss Colombia, which earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album and, more importantly, was our Album Of The Week. Today, the Colombian-Canadian artist is finally announcing its follow-up, La Belleza, which experiments with classical music. The lead single “Mango” is out now.

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