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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)

Drag City’s man in Scotland Alasdair Roberts has partnered once more with Scottish Gaelic singer Màiri Morrison — a native of the Isle of Lewis — for their second collaborative LP, Remembered in Exile. Ahead of the album's April 25 release, the two have a new single/video to share: "The Bonny House of Airlie".

Paired with Pete Johnston’s Canadian all-star band, Alasdair sings lead and Màiri takes the harmony on "The Bonny House of Airlie". The track's slashing rhythm arrangement and roiling... (read more)

Out June 27, Gabba Gabba We Accept You is a children’s picture book telling the story of a misfit kid who grew up to be a punk rock hero — that is, Joey Ramone. A collaboration between visual artist Lucinda Schreiber and author/writer/parent Jay Ruttenberg, it's a story that speaks to one of the greatest silent majorities in the world: all the kids who feel a little different.

The splendor of the kid who grew up to become Joey Ramone is that, despite... (read more)

Faun Fables, the long-running collaboration between Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl, have returned with a new album, Counterclockwise, out May 30. The follow-up to 2016’s Born of the Sun, it marks the longest space between albums in the band’s twenty-seven year history, a living atmosphere of songs and family, enchanted by the nature of time and the experience spent growing together. The first single, “Ember Bell,” releases today with a music video by Lara Miranda.

Counterclockwise is the first Faun... (read more)

Drag City and Yoga Records are delighted to return to the music of Matthew Young with a new album, titled Undercurrents, due out May 30. Recorded intermittently since the late 1970s, it fits in perfectly alongside—as well as builds and expands upon—the work within and the ideas of Matthew's previous two LPs, Recurring Dreams (1981, reissued 2014) and Traveler's Advisory (1986, reissued 2010). The first single, "Reflexion," releases today with a music video.

Matthew Young, born in 1950, grew up in Lawrenceville,... (read more)