Ty Segall is back in the saddle and riding towards new horizons with his 16th studio album, Possession, out May 30th, and today presents its title track. For the journey, Ty’s struck up the orchestra in his head to map out an abiding view of the American frontier, with lyrical fables co-written by his longtime collaborator, filmmaker Matt Yoka. Ty lassos in strings, horns, and his own piano playing to round up his delirious guitar hooks and vocal melodies, resulting in some of his... (read more)

Drag City's Alasdair Roberts and Scottish Gaelic singer Màiri Morrison have joined with Pete Johnston and his Canadian all-star band for their new collaborative LP.  Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia is a collection of newly crafted arrangements of traditional Scottish songs pulled from the pioneering work of folklorist Helen Creighton (1899-1989).

Watch an all-new acoustic version of lead single "Màiri nighean Dòmhnaill" here, as Màiri and Ali tenderly reveal the spirit of the original composition, drawn from... (read more)

Sharpie Smile’s debut album has one question for you: is your heart good enough to take The Staircase?

Sharpie Smile is Dylan Hadley and Cole Berliner. They met in 2015, a pair of musically-adept nonconformist teenagers that started writing music together for a project called Kamikaze Palm Tree. With Dylan on drums and Cole on guitar, they produced two albums of thorny, ear-wormy art rock, touring the country and fitting in session work for Cate Le Bon, A. Savage,... (read more)

With their first collaboration cemented and reverberating throughout the halls, the duo of Lia Kohl and Whitney Johnson are set to tour Europe this summer! Later this month, they'll play across the Midwest to start up the For Translucence trip, with an album release celebration in Chicago at Three Top Lounge on April 24.

For Translucence is the debut album from Whitney Johnson and Lia Kohl. Their dialogue, found initially in free improvisation on viola and cello, has evolved over time into a neophonic... (read more)