Holy shit you guys. It’s as if, in the last year or so, PJ Harvey has just been hanging out, listening to How to Dress Well and Zola Jesus and was like, “OK, you kids want weird? GATHER ‘ROUND CHILDREN, ZIP IT, LISTEN.” This is absolutely in step with everything happening in sub-basement indie rock [...]

Bloodkin from Family Band on Vimeo. We are incredibly excited to announce that amazing eMusic Selects alum Family Band are releasing a new EP today! Entitled Cold Songs, the album is available from the band at the link above for just FIVE BUCKS and contains some of their most gripping work to date. Family Band [...]

The year-end slowdown continues today. A quick run through the stuff we found – let me know what I missed!

BUY: Eux Autres

(photo by skinnyboybalki) It’s possible you’ve been hoodwinked: all the reasons you may have heard to avoid Bob Dylan live are, as it turns out, the very reasons you should go. Specifically: Dylan is a man who over the course of his career, for better or for worse, rarely put limits on himself and so, [...]

This is the time of year when things start slowing down – labels, indie and otherwise, have started sending out their “Remember What We Released in 2010!” lists, and the only thing really hitting the market at this point are Christmas compilations and the assorted odds & ends. We’re still getting a steady delivery of [...]

BUY: Os Mutantes

BUY: Night Driving in Small Towns

OK! You’ve heard about it! It’s here! A quarter of a million records tracks, the largest new arrivals in eMusic’s history. And there’s no sense in me belaboring the point since we’ve already commissioned our freelance staff to help curate and write about the new haul. We’ve got a whole stash of new Icons and [...]

To our members: We would like to clarify some misperceptions and inaccuracies that have surfaced over the last 24 hours.  As of eMusic’s new launch today: -          All of eMusic’s labels are treated exactly the same, major and independent – we are paying all of them exactly the same, and we are using the same [...]

eMusic has always looked to be a home for thoughtful fans of music, no matter the source. Our aim has always been to offer the most complete selection of music possible.  To that end we are adding to our U.S. catalogue over 250,000 titles from Universal Music Group, as well as new releases from Sony [...]

Sufjan Stevens opened his show at New York’s Beacon Theatre on Sunday night behind a scrim, playing “Seven Swans” on his banjo, wearing a pair of white wings. The stage was dark behind him, for the most part hiding the dozen-or-so members of his band (who could still be seen by the glowsticks attached to [...]

BUY: Lykke Li

A wonderful composer. His most famous piece is undoubtedly his Symphony No. 3, the highest-selling piece of contemporary classical ever. It is simple and moving, and if you know it and love it, you should hear more of his work. He was 76. He will be missed. Download: Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 2 [...]

BUY: Dying Fetus

I’d see you light a cigarette and then You’d ask me to pass your asthma inhaler I’d say, “Don’t you ever think about cancer?” You’d say, “Baby, you don’t know, but my heart is as strong as a drummer.” See, it’s like loving Graceland It’s not allowed to be, but we know it’s everybody’s favorite [...]

BUY: The Faces

Not a whole lot today! (But I can promise that next week’s new arrivals post will be enormous.) Here we go!

Pulp to Reunite in 2011 BUY: Pulp