Essay: How liking Kacey Musgraves made me like other country artists more. (Such as: Sturgill Simpson, Brandy Clark and Robbie Fulks.)
Stream “Alta/Waterfall,” the inaugural double-single from Fear of Men’s debut album, Loom.
Watch the premiere of the rock & roll group The Orwells’ new video “The Righteous One.”
Watch a video for “Huff,” the first single off of Sun Araw’s upcoming seventh LP, B E L O M A N C I E.
Premiere: More people need to hear this lovely track. Michel Gondry-like music video created by the band. Debut EP, Drømtorp, comes out March 31 via Cross Keys.
FADER premieres new Cultist Records band Criminal Hygiene with the single “Withdrawn.”
The New Jersey outfit played “Talking Backwards,” and debuted two previously unreleased album cuts, “The Ben” and “April’s Song,” on Soundcheck this afternoon.
Read an interview with Quilt’s Anna Fox Rochinski about the Boston rock band’s acrobatic second album, Held in Splendor.
Premiere: London singer/songwriter Clare Maguire is giving away a nine-track mixtape of her self-titled EP, SoundCloud tracks plus two brand new ones.
Premiere: Sydney five-piece The Preatures’ single turns up the volume, drops the boy/girl stuff and focuses on singer Isabella Manfredi’s needs-no-help howl.
Premiere: Watch FOXTROTT cover The Smiths’ maybe greatest song, “There Is a Light…” at Pop Montreal.
Listen to the self-titled, third LP from Brooklyn-via-Cleveland psych rock band Woodsman.