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News: Julien Baker announces Autumn UK and European Headline Tour
Fresh from supporting Belle and Sebastian on their UK tour, Julien Baker has announced a much awaited headline return to the UK and Europe in September. The dates will see the Memphis, Tennessee songwriter play her biggest shows to date, including O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London on September 29th, alongside stops in Manchester, Glasgow, …
News: Liz Phair announces Girly-Sound to Guyville: The 25th Anniversary box-set, via Matador, plus US dates
2018 marks the 25th anniversary of Liz Phair’s landmark album Exile in Guyville. On May 4th, Matador Records will release Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set. This release is an extensive, limited edition 7-LP or 3-CD box set to celebrate the anniversary of her classic album. The box set contains the first official …
Track: Yo La Tengo – For You Too, plus tour dates
With the release of their new album, There’s a riot going on, imminent, NJ trio Yo La Tengo have released a new track from the album, For you too. It’s brooding and hypnotic, this effect laden guitar line buzzing away in the background while Ira Kaplan sings quiet words of assurance: “For you / whenever …
News : Yo La Tengo Announce New Album ‘There’s a Riot Going On’, plus UK tour dates
It’s been 5 years since Yo La Tengo released an album of new material. Fade was released in January of 2013, and now in January of 2018 the New Jersey indie rock stalwarts have announced they are dropping a brand new album on March 16th with longtime label Matador Records. There’s A Riot Going On …
Album Review: Thurston Moore – The Best Day
So if we were keeping score(which I am), then Kim Gordon was whipping Thurston Moore in regards to the quality of post-breakup records. Her Body/Head album from last year was miles ahead of Moore’s mediocre Chelsea Light Moving album that came out last year as well. She made an album that was just as much …