This past week, Mates of State sat down at their Twitter feed and answered a bunch of questions asked by you, their fans. You can read the entire interview after the jump!

GADZOOKS. A whole host of new arrivals today, which I’ll do my best to dive into. We’re going to be doing today’s round-up as a tag team, for reasons that aren’t terribly interesting. Meaning some of these writeups are going to be done by me, and some by Jayson. SEE IF YOU CAN GUESS WHO’S [...]

You asked, he answered! After the jump, read the full transcript of our Twitter Interview with Neon Indian.

Shaking Through Vol2 Ep8: Family Band from Weathervane Music on Vimeo. The awesomely talented eMusic Selects alum Family Band took a trip to Philly a few weeks ago, teaming up with Grizzly Bear‘s Dan Rosen to arrange and record a new song live in the studio. The resulting song, like all things Family Band, is [...]

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-ZIN! RestHisHeadOnAPillow Made A Concreeeeet. Ah-yeah. It was 20 years ago today Sgt. Vedder taught the band to play, and so today we celebrate Pearl Jam’s two decade mark (One more year, and you can start drinking, guys.) We’ve got a brand new Pearl Jam Icon hub and a roundup of the Best Pearl Jam [...]

Over the weekend, eMusic Selects alum Army Navy debuted the video for their power pop ode to forbidden love, “Ode to Janice Melt,” over at NPR. And man, lemme tell you, it is one of the strangest — and, ultimately, funniest — concepts for a video we’ve seen in quite some time. Enjoy!

You asked, they answered! After the jump, read our Twitterview withRa Ra Riot‘s Rebecca Zeller!

Finally! A ton of new albums hit the site today, so many we don’t quite know where to start. For the answer to that, and other pressing questions, dive in after the jump. I’ll call out the main ones, you tell me what I missed in the comments.

New Cymbals Eat Guitars, Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah, Howling Bells, Slow Club, Gui Boratto, Ladytron and more, all after the jump.

Here are 10 of our favorite videos from this week, including recent clips from the Coathangers and Battles, and an early look at Justice‘s long-awaited second album. Check back every Friday for eMusic’s complete rundown of what you need to be watching right now…

The music on Jonathan Wilson’s second album, Gentle Spirit, is spare and moving. Guitars flutter like bare branches in the breeze, and Wilson’s voice sounds at times like it might recede entirely into the shadows, it’s so gentle and withdrawn. Imagine a middle ground between Devendra Banhart and Elliott Smith, and you’re getting close. But [...]

A few weeks back, the always-fascinating, always interesting Tompkins Square label released To What a Strange Place: The Music of the Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916 – 1929. As you might guess from the title, the results are fascinating — though all of the music it contains was recorded in America (much of it in New York), [...]

SUMMER IS OVER. It is pouring in New York. Thanks, God. Let’s dive into some new albums.

As we head into the holiday weekend and kids across the country get ready to head back to school, eMusic thought we’d hold a crash course of our own — one that covers the entire spectrum of rock music, from riot grrrls to heavy metal heathens, from punk legends to icons who don’t need an [...]