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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)

We're drifting back to Matthew Young's world with a brand-new album: Undercurrents! Collecting eight oddly dissimilar pieces that somehow fit together perfectly, Young's latest work was recorded intermittently since the late 1970s, songs both old and new. Settle in with the second single out today, "The Summer Girls".

Undercurrents displays a wide range of Young’s various sonic pallets: similar to Recurring Dreams (1981, reissued 2014) the electronic landscapes meander coherently, and much like Traveler's Advisory (1986, reissued 2010), the album... (read more)

People, prepare to be spellbound!

The man who recently shared his YTI⅃AƎЯ, Gold Record, and some impeccable live recordings, returns to the motherland(s) this summer! Yes, all across the UK and Continental Europe, Bill Callahan plans to provide an intimate perspective (as in, performing solo) in some not-so-intimate surroundings (as in, concert halls).

These opportunities don't come along all that often, and who knows what the future will bring. So before you let your bones turn to glass, let Bill Callahan... (read more)

Jay Marie, Comfort Me is a bold third missive from the Australian duo of Helen Franzmann and Mick Turner — and now that the record's out, we can all share in its dream-like quality! The band's touring in Europe this May with Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and have a new music video for "Crow's Ash Tree" to share ahead of their departure.

"Crow's Ash Tree" opens with a chugging guitar riff from Mick against some deliciously distorted keys. The rhythm powers into Helen's... (read more)

Prison, simmering and crackling with the heat of their second album, Downstate, are leaving the tall grass once again to herd up with "Sleepy" Doug Shaw (White Magic, Highlife) for a run of U.S. shows next month! They'll kick things off May 3 in Richmond, Virginia before heading south for a bit, then swinging back towards the Midwest with a group-jam uppercut.

Doug Shaw's fresh off a tour with Geologist, celebrating the release of their new record, A... (read more)

Quakebasket is pleased to announce two forthcoming LPs by Tim Barnes, to be released on June 27: Lost Words and Noumena. Both records are the products of years of work, undertaken after Tim went public with his diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s. A host of collaborators stepped up to participate, including Joshua Abrams (Natural Information Society), Oren Ambarchi, Ken Brown (Tortoise, Gastr del Sol, Pullman), David Daniell, John Dieterich (Deerhoof), Darin Gray,... (read more)

Eiko Ishibashi's new album, Antigone, is nearly here! Eiko and her band approach pop, funk, jazz, ambient and electronic zones on this extraordinary new work, mapping out an altered-reality odyssey as the listener traverses through Eiko's mind. Today, Eiko prepares to unveil Antigone with a new music video for "Mona Lisa" directed by Hitoshi Omika.

"Mona Lisa" is a dreamy ballad, with Eiko's delicate lead vocals decorated by plush saxophones, gentle guitar strums, and additional vocals from ermhoi. The... (read more)