Last week, Broken Social Scene, whose incredible, surprisingly post-rocky Forgiveness Rock Record landed at #23 on our Best Albums of 2010, played a show in NYC. Because they’re Canadian and into all kinds of weird socialist things, they’ve decided to share it. With everyone. Burn off the last two hours of your afternoon with the [...]

Last week, Akron/Family released S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT, and it’s been firmly lodged in our Top 10 ever since. After the jump, read a review of the record by eMusic’s Andy Beta, and download kickoff track “Silly Bears” from our friends at Secretly Canadian.

Remember the Indie Rock Delicatessen post from a while back, where we (and you, witty 17 Dots readers) came up with indie rock-themed deli dishes like The Pains of Being Ham on Rye, We Were Promised Jalepeno Poppers, and Fried !!!en? Well, this week I launched a new music-inspired food blog called Eating the Beats, [...]

Hey, look who’s back. It’s Cold War Kids. Three years after Loyalty to Loyalty, on January 25 the group returns with Mine is Yours, a record that’s less narrative and more personal. And if you can’t wait that long, you can get a feel for the title track via this Passion Pit remix, courtesy of [...]

Wanda Jackson The Party Ain’t Over [Nonesuch] Release Date: 25 January 2011 By Sam Adams “Always have to push,” beefs 73-year-old rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson to producer Jack White, just before launching into her version of Amy Winehouse’s “I’m No Good.” And push White does on The Party Ain’t Over, which finds Jackson applying her [...]

So! The Coachella Lineup is already all over the internet, and the thing that seems most striking about it is…how un-striking it is. Coachella built its reputation over the last few years as being the first fest to the “Holy Shit __________ are Getting Back Together!” party, netting early appearances by the Pixies and My [...]

Just a few days ago, I found myself furious to realize that I’d missed GlobalFest, the annual spotlight of an array of artists from around the world. I can’t recall what I was doing instead, but it’s almost certain it wasn’t as worthwhile as this. Just further proof that I need to get a day [...]

Look at that face. Seriously, look at that freaking face! Take a talented, hilarious writer and put an adorable Boston Terrier on her book jacket and I turn to putty. Julie Klam’s You Had Me at Woof details the authors love affairs with the dogs she’s rescued, and in the utterly heartwarming interview below, eMusic’s [...]

(i’m such a good photographer) It may have been Brooklyn 2011 but it sounded like London 1973. The stage was occupied by a pack of rangy young men who were busy bashing out the kind of rock songs that used to blast out of both suburban Camaros and battered British transistors – as much Electric [...]

(still being followed by the teenage fbi) Look who’s got a new record out! So Bob Pollard is hitting the point in his career — actually, OK, he hit it like 5 years ago — where the deluge of new music is likely to provoke a level of weariness in the casual listener. It becomes [...]

(with thanks to the always-great Decibel mag for fishing this out from the internet).

I know we’re really blowing the lid off this one, but Best Coast is way into cats. Her cat, Snacks, in particular, but cats in general as well. How into cats is she? Watch the above video for the title track to the excellent Crazy For You to find out. The video premiered today on [...]

As some of you may have noticed, we’ve unveiled the January edition of our eMusic Staff Picks on the Notes from the Digital Underground section of the Homepage today. This hub rounds up what we’ve been listening to at the eMusic offices over the last few weeks. We want to hear your recommendations, too – [...]

(Photo by Nate Dorr, Impose Magazine) So by now, you’ve probably got the idea that we’re all really excited about this Smith Westerns record. I’m actually braving one of my least-favorite venues to catch their record release show tonight. Last week, Sean gave them a call to get the scoop on their startling transformation. You [...]

Band of the Week: Smith Westerns I don’t have much medical evidence (or really any medical evidence) to support this, but I’m starting to wonder if I’m developing carpal tunnel. Why do I wonder this? Because my hands are constantly cramping and because I’m starting to have more typos than usual in my work. A [...]

At the top of my most-anticipated 2011 list the other day was the sophomore effort from powerhouse Welsh band The Joy Formidable. Want to get an idea of why I’m so excited? Check out the above new song, “Greyhounds in the Slips” — which is apparently not on the upcoming, appropriately-titled The Big Roar. Start [...]

Fergus & Geronimo – Where the Walls Are Made of Grass from Hardly Art on Vimeo. On January 18th, Hardly Art will release the debut full-length by Fergus & Geronimo, an upstart indie duo whose string of singles over the last year or so have been impish and infectious. The full-length, Unlearn, promises the same: [...]

This April, our good friends at the excellent label Secretly Canadian will be releasing the debut album from Laurel Sprengelmeyer — aka Little Scream. Don’t let the name fool you — the music is small and tender and lovely, Sprengelmeyer’s delicate alto fluttering over plucked guitar and humming bass. That she’s touring with Sharon Van [...]

Absolutely horrible news this morning: Trish Keenan, lead vocalist of the excellent group Broadcast, has passed away from complications stemming from pneumonia. This is truly heartbreaking — over the course of their career, Broadcast created a fascinating, mysterious strain of pop music, fusing French pop with the subtlest hints of electronic music and jazz, all [...]

The label that brought you Sharon Jones and the Menahan Street Band and the Budos Band is gearing up to blow your mind again. For real. On January 25, the unbeatable Daptone Records will release No Time for Dreaming, the debut by Brooklyn soul singer Charles Bradley, backed by the Menahan Street Band. And, good [...]