Last month we heard Nicholas Krgovich's "City Of Night," a jazzy, sultry tune from Krgovich's debut album, On Sunset. Now Krgovich shares a video to go along with the track. The clip features…   Read Story »

Foster The People are arguably the most boring successful band on the entire planet, and years after "Pumped Up Kicks," they are still showing up on festival posters in a bigger font-size than your…   Read Story »

The (former?) Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser is getting ready for the release of Black Hours, his debut solo album, and he's already shared his video for the Rotsam Batmanglij-produced first…   Read Story »

We're almost (almost!) done reflecting on the year that was, so it's time to start taking a closer look at the year that will be. For the past several years, we've ranked our most anticipated albums.…   Read Story »

Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman stopped by Andy Beckerman's Beginnings podcast to talk about "moving to LA, NYC post offices, early relationships, rebellious phases, dating older creeps, parenting…   Read Story »

After experimenting with three formats for the Monthly Mix -- MP3 zip, Spotify playlist, Soundcloud set, etc. -- in March we finally came upon a solution that pleased everyone: all of them. And so,…   Read Story »

There are many questionable things about Snoop's fake patois-drenched reboot as roots-reggae uplifter Snoop Lion -- and perhaps, per the NYT, tapping fellow Caribbean appropriators Major Lazer to…   Read Story »

If you caught any of Major Lazer's frantic, fun-as-hell festival-rocking live shows over the last few years, you likely saw girls twerking on speaker-risers, Skerritt Bwoy performing death-defying…   Read Story »

Major Lazer's 2012 album Free The Universe featured a collaboration with Amber Coffman of the Dirty Projectors, "Get Free." At this year's SXSW both Coffman and Major Lazer finally performed the song…   Read Story »

I haven't been charting it or anything, but I've been writing these lists for the better part of a year now, and despite a few slow weeks, they seem to get better all the time. So here's something to…   Read Story »