Sorry guys, the hype surrounding Vampire Weekend still hasn’t died. Their next full-length album, “Contra”, is out January 12th, and as a teaser, they’ve premiered the track “Horchata” on their band website. 

Pop/Rock/Blues artist John Mayer (www.johmayer.com) recently released a new single off of his upcoming album Battle Studies entitled “Who Says.”

After critically acclaimed album “The Devil and God Are Raging Inside of Me”, many critics couldn’t imagine emo kings Brand New stepping any further out of their type-casted persona. If there was any doubt before, there certainly is none now: Brand New is a tour-de-force.

On Friday, at Austria’s Frequency Festival, Radiohead debuted new single “These Are My Twisted Words”. The single is available for free download from the band’s website. We have the video below, for you to judge.

New song from MGMT. This was in Memphis a few weeks ago. I saw them this past weekend at All Points West in Jersey City and they were pretty damn good. They played all their hits, plus a few new songs, including “Congratulations.” They seem to be going in a new direction with their new [...]

“The thing about bands like Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, and Deerhoof,” a friend said to me recently, “is that I only like them on paper. They’re experimental, they’re pushing boundaries – but I can’t really listen to the music.”

Super Mash Bros, self-proclaimed as “Girl Talk’s hot cousin,” recently released their second album, ‘All About the Scrilions.’ I’ve always (well, since I heard of them about 6 months ago) been a fan of Super Mash Bros. In February, I wrote about their first album, ‘Fuck Bitches. Get Euros.’ And like the debut, Bros’ sophomore album has [...]

According to the Twitterati, Thursday morning is bringing something nice: NPR First Listens will be streaming Wilco (The Album), which is set to be released on Tuesday. For those of you in the New York area, some more Wilco (The Album) news: Brooklyn’s Bell House will be hosting an album release party on Tuesday night [...]

  Sam Beam’s performance moniker, Iron and Wine, hardly needs an introduction; you should recognize it from an M&M commercial and that ubiquitous Garden State soundtrack a few years back. But on paper, Iron and Wine sounds like so many other alt-folk acts out there, with murmured vocals and the occasional slide guitar – what [...]

I guess it turns out when they sang “Wilco will love you baby” they meant it, because the entire new album, Wilco (The Album), is streaming on their website. Listen here. Wilco (The Album) is out on Nonesuch on June 30.