The 90s, amirite? Lots and lots of new stuff today in the US. We’re still experiencing some search difficulties on the site, so let’s compile all of it here for you right now, shall we? Stone Temple Pilots: Core – The bands maligned, but now underrated debut. About the album, eMusic’s Maura Johnston sez: At [...]

BUY: Mahmoud Ahmed

Yesterday we experienced some unfortunate technical difficulties. We’re terribly sorry about that–Tuesday release days are as important to us as they are to you. But with sacrifice comes some rewards. So today, we’re happy to announce our new search interface, which is live on the site right now. New Search, as we’ve been calling it [...]

Most fans of The Tallest Man On Earth know that said man, Kristian Mattson, is not very tall. He’s about 5-foot-9. Listening to the Swedish singer/songwriter’s latest record, The Wild Hunt, you’d believe it, too: It’s spare, with little more than than a finger-picked guitar and his Bob Dylan warble. So, naturally, I was concerned [...]

BUY: Baroness

On January 25, Yep Roc will be releasing the new record by pioneering politic-punks Gang of Four. Get an earful of what you’re in for with first single “Never Pay For the Farm” below. Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io

Last week, eMusic’s Chris Ryan talked to Superchunk for a new eMusic feature called This Is Your Life. For this feature, we ask a writer to sit down with a band and play them songs from across their career, using those songs as a springboard to talk about their history. With a band like Superchunk, [...]

You know what we love? Technical difficulties. Here’s a roundup of the records you might be looking for — and there are a ton of ‘em today.

BUY: Thao

Today’s lesson? Watch more than 10 seconds of the crucial clip before posting. Apologies for that last one.

Boston’s Junius is a band with a dilemma. Last year, they put out the excellent The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist a concept record about catastrophe theorist Immanuel Velikovsky that combined the might and ballast of Neurosis with the aching melodies of the Cure and the Smiths. It received respectable reviews (including one for Pitchfork by [...]

BUY: Verdi Requiem

We’ve got a whole host of incredible new arrivals today on eMusic — here’s a quick guide to the ones you need to know: Bjork: At long last, Bjork’s entire catalog (with the unfortunate exception of most recent album, Volta) arrives on eMusic. We had a brief discussion about her this morning and we’re all [...]

BUY: Al Green on eMusic

Haven’t heard of Montreal’s False Priest yet? See if it’s for you with today’s free track. Download of Montreal, “Sex Karma”

On 5 October, eMusic US will receive the excellent debut from British band ‘Allo Darlin’. How excellent is it? I feel comfortable saying it’s been a fixture on the stereos of most of eMusic’s editorial department for the last few weeks. What does it sound like? Video for excellent first single “Dreamin’” is above, Breakfast [...]

(All photos by Mina K.) “Well, it’s been a year,” said Spiral Stairs, midway through Pavement‘s Central Park show last night. It was a coy joke and also a bit of an audience-bait: 12 months ago, tickets went on sale for what most assumed would be the one and only Pavement reunion show, and rabid [...]

I wish I had 4 pairs of ears so I could pay proper attention to all of the amazing new releases up on eMusic right now. Amid the flurry of fantastic new music (I am seriously crushing on the new Superchunk) there are some new audiobooks that are so fun, so brilliant, so absorbing, that [...]

I am guessing no one needs to/wants to hear me going on about how fantastic the new Superchunk record is, so I will just let you watch this incendiary performance of “Digging For Something” , with John Darnielle on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and you can see for yourself.