Absolutely Not's 'Strictly Top' Video Is A Glamour Shoot From Mars
After a few promising EPs of glammed-up garage-punk, the Chicago band is set to release Errors, its spastic and ridiculously fun debut full-length.
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Songs We Love: Nick Lowe, 'Walk On By'
Lowe's lived-in baritone is an ideal vehicle for this unreleased country nugget. All six of the albums that the new-wave and power-pop pioneer cut between 1982 and 1990 will be reissued this summer.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Volcanic Transmissions
As members of the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet bow their vibraphones, brush their gongs and message their bass drums, the composer's evocative music oozes from blackness.
First Listen: Amber Coffman, 'City Of No Reply'
Coffman's first album since leaving Dirty Projectors reads like a love letter to the act of going solo, in life as in music.
First Listen: Luke Combs, 'This One's For You'
The singer-songwriter proves himself to be an astute student of country music's trends and conventions.
First Listen: Chastity Belt, 'I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone'
The stars of Seattle's underground rock renaissance have never felt this vulnerable, or as relatable.
First Listen: Benjamin Booker, 'Witness'
Booker's second studio album is inspired by a society that disproportionately harms black bodies, and what he saw as his own lack of effort to do anything about it.
First Listen: Cody ChesnuTT, 'My Love Divine Degree'
A studio session with Kanye led to a new album that finds the soul eccentric extending his fatherly compassion, and a helping of funk, to the world at large.
Mac DeMarco On World Cafe
The Canadian rocker has always been known for bringing the party, but his latest album includes more sober reflection on his relationship with his father.
Manchester Bombing Suspect's Father, Brother Said To Be Arrested In Libya
Salman Abedi's relatives were reportedly taken into custody in Tripoli. In Manchester, police arrested four more people. "I think it's very clear that this is a network," the city's police chief says.