The third time’s the charm! Or perhaps — the third time’s another charming excursion into the seemingly infinite universe of rhythm spontaneously created whenever guitarist Oren Ambarchi, bassist Johan Berthling, and percussionist Andreas Werliin plug in together. A little more than a year on from Ghosted II, the trio are back with a new finding: you guessed it, Ghosted III, out August 29. Today, enjoy a cut of the album's opening track, "Yek," plus a music video.

For their third... (read more)

Ty Segall's brand new album, Possession, is out tomorrow (May 30)! For his 16th studio record, Ty enlisted an old friend and longtime collaborator, filmmaker Matt Yoka, to co–write the lyrics and brainstorm the tripped-up landscapes of Possession. Today, the two reveal a dazzling new music video for the album’s third track, “Buildings.”

“Buildings” is a guitarless groove built on a moody breakbeat of electric piano, bass and drums. Ty’s low-down vibes sketch a chilly night in... (read more)

Sharpie Smile, the unconventional songwriting duo of Dylan Hadley and Cole Berliner, descend from the altostratus this summer with their debut album, The Staircase. Ahead of a nationwide tour kicking off this June, the former Kamikaze Palm Tree tricksters are dropping a new single/video today for the title track and closing song, “The Staircase.” 

Dylan and Cole dance into an ethereal fever dream on “The Staircase”: waves of abandonment and isolation swirling about in impressionist images and mist-light... (read more)

Bitterviper is the brand-new quartet of Nikos Veliotis (cello), Taku Unami (synthesizer), Sarah Hennies (percussion), and David Grubbs (guitar, piano), four individuals who separately are responsible for some of the most striking and wildly idiosyncratic music of the past couple of decades—not to mention the duo collaborations between Grubbs and Unami (the albums Comet Meta and Failed Celestial Creatures) and Veliotis and Grubbs (The Harmless Dust). Their self-titled debut album, Bitterviper, is out July 25th on Blue Chopsticks.

Athens-based... (read more)