Nick Thorburn is releasing a new Islands album in a couple months, the project’s first new material since its pair of 2016 albums, Should I Remain Here, At Sea? and Taste. He announced Islomania last month with the single “(We Like To Do It) With The Lights On” and we talked to him about it and much more. Today, Tho...

Last year, Open Mike Eagle released an excellent album called Anime, Trauma And Divorce, and he also launched his own podcast network. The Stoney Islands Audio network has a bunch of shows, but its crown jewel is What Had Happened Was, the show where OME sat down with the legendary producer Prince Paul and got the stories on a bunch of the diffe...

Future Islands released their new album As Long As You Are back in October. And yesterday, they went on SiriusXMU to perform a live session, where they busted out a cover of a Tina Turner song: “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome),” Turner’s song from the Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. “We Don...

4AD turned 40 last year and, in a bit of a delayed celebration, the label has just announced that next month they’re releasing a covers compilation called Bills & Aches & Blues. It features 18 artists that are currently on their roster covering songs from 4AD’s storied history. Contributors include the Breed...