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On Beacon Hill: at twilight we find Anthony Moore, a lone veteran of art rock and experimental sound, roots winding backwards to the halcyon days of Slapp Happy and the ‘70s progressive art rock scene. With the accompaniments of AKA & Friends, he now breathes infernal new life into songs from his six decades of music making, wrapping his avant/pop traditions into a darkly radiant coil of folky chamber music for the ages. On Beacon Hill is out November 21; hear the... (read more)

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 songs of Scottish origin from Nova Scotia, pulled from the pioneering work of folklorist Helen Creighton (1899-1989).

Next month, Màiri, Alasdair and Pete will hit the road for a run of very special and intimate shows, performing these songs on the isles of their origin!

Blasting out of fried speaker cones everywhere, Boston's Major Stars are set to return with a new album, More Colors of Sound, out October 24! Following the lead single, "Blackout," hear a new track out today: "Wrapped Up in Circles."

The siren call to arms of guitar arpeggios leads "Wrapped Up in Circles" straight into a riff-powered body, the three-axe attack spaciously filling the stereo azymuth with a tautly calibrated balance. Noell’s vocal is Slick in the old sense of the word:... (read more)

Billy Mac's back in the safe confines of the good ol' EU this October! A year and a half on from his acclaimed Locust Land  and with the 10th Anniversary of Land of Plenty, Bill's duo album with Ryley Walker,  resulting in its welcome reissue ahead of these dates, enjoy the merch table at these shows! 

Speaking of the shows, it's only a quick handful for our cheerful guitarist/songwriter/improviser - but since who knows what the rest of the world's... (read more)

Forever starts now! Shuffling the deck with road-tested jams and a couple immaculate old-school tunes, Glyders engage their new power-trio formation with a proper full band album, Forever, out November 21 on Drag City. The first single, “Stone Shadow,” is out today with a music video filmed by the band and Liv Mershon.

Guitarist/vocalist Joshua Condon and bassist Eliza Weber started up in 2014, but even when they put together their 2023 album debut, Maria’s Hunt, they still had a revolving... (read more)

People! Were you tuned in? Last night, Fred Armisen went on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to play more sound effects for YOU good folks, from "Keyboard Not Working at First at a Music Store," to future sample super-hits like "Tent Zipper." THEN! Fred gave a live performance of "Music Venue Employee Kicking Everyone Out While Throwing Away Bottles," drawing in the crowd's murmurs for an immersive experience. If you weren't up, we've got the footage -- watch the clip below and preorder your... (read more)

Like a sweet spring breeze blowing through the long, cruel winter, Cory Hanson’s blowing through town again. And like the wind, his new album I Love People comes from parts unknown. Need a ride? Long as you’re ready to find yourself wherever it dies down, jump on!

I Love People’s people are kin to their threadbare folk forbears. Song by song, their occupations, social positions and dispositions unravel like silk into the wind. While they perform, Cory loiters backstage, gently pulling at the... (read more)

From out of the dark, sparks of feedback birdsong signal a return to the singular sonic environments of Rafael Toral. A year after Spectral Evolution, his acclaimed album of electric guitar conceptions, comes the companion work: Traveling Light, out October 24 on Drag City. Sharpening his focus around a set of jazz standards, his move from abstract form to solid song elicits glints from beyond time and space, transpiring to be one of the major accomplishments in Toral's long history.

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As Ghosted III materializes tomorrow, our trio of Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin have one final music video to share! Today, hear a new song off Ghosted III,"Shesh," with a new video by Maximilien Luc Proctor.

"Shesh" is an aquatic adventure, with Ambarchi’s Metheny-esque arpeggiations rowing the craft, Berthling’s bass droning down deep and Werliin’s percussion supplying a spectral lapping of the waves. Gradually, a massing of organ-toned guitar reverberations rises up from the depths, dazzling the... (read more)

Ty Segall’s 16th studio album, Possession, is out now! In the midst of touring North America this summer, Ty and his band — Mikal Cronin on bass, Emmett Kelly on guitar, Ben Boye on keys, and Evan Burrows on drums — stopped by the NPR Music studios in Washington, D.C. to tape their first Tiny Desk Concert. They kicked things off with “You’re The Doctor,” following with four songs from across his catalog: Ty’s latest single, “Possession,” then “Whisper,” “Girlfriend,” and... (read more)