Some great, charming new Sub Pop records today, and a few other things, including a sweeping, gorgeous new M83 single. A light week, to be frank, but I’m open to anything else you all found that caught your eye. Mister Heavenly, Out of Love – A nice hip-shifting, groovy fluidity to this one, a classic [...]

Drink in the foxy, amirite?. Yesterday, we send your questions to Norwegian heartbreaker Sondre Lerche via Twitter, and he answered in his thoroughly charming way, whilst sipping brandy in a smoking jacket, in front of a fireplace. Or so I’d very much like to imagine. If you’re unfamiliar with Sondre’s music, that is an error [...]

(the late lester bangs, pictured here with some obscure bar rocker) OK! So as you’ve probably noticed, we’ve been making some tweaks to the way editorial displays on our site, where it appears and how it’s aggregated, in the hopes of allowing for a greater breadth and diversity in the types of features we can [...]

Dad. Daddy. Papa. The Old Man. Padre. Dozens of different names, all of them referring to the same guy — the one on the receiving end of countless well-meaning ties and mugs every year from grade school on up. There are almost as many different kinds of dads as there are names for him and, [...]

So Bonnaroo starts tomorrow, four days of baking in the sun, traipsing barefoot through fetid pools of mud and garbage, and trying to figure out if it’s way too hot out for you to eat a (surprisingly affordable) fried alligator sandwich. I’ve been to Bonnaroo before, but I stayed in a hotel and rented a [...]

Kitchen Sessions: Killer Mike performs “Burn” from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo. I know there are a lot of people who feel that hip-hop would be a lot more accessible to them it if retained the sociopolitical edge it had in the late 1980s and early ’90s. It’s not something I feel, personally, but I [...]

We can sense your skepticism from here. But go with us on this one. Because rather than being a lab-devised, formulaic chart-killer, we see Gaga as the latest in a long line of defiantly strange, proudly odd and fiercely idiosyncratic pop stars. Her latest, Born This Way, purloins the best bits of European techno and [...]

Guess what, guys? There’s a new Yuck song on the Internet. It’s called “Milkshake.” It is not the Kelis song “Milkshake.” I would make some stupid joke about “IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF IT WAS THO, RIGHT” but actually even trying to imagine what it might sound like makes my blood curdle in my veins. [...]

[Tomorrow will see the release of one of the year's best records to date, the solo debut of former Gowns frontwoman Erika M. Anderson — who records under the name EMA. Stark, haunting and evocative, Past Life Martyred Saints is a portrait of a young woman in transition, grappling with adult uncertainty and emotional turbulence. [...]

BUY STEVE REICH’S MUSIC. Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint Music for 18 Musicians Drumming The Steve Reich concert I went to on Saturday at Carnegie Hall was one of the weirdest and most unshakeable concert experiences I’ve had in years. A celebration of the NYC icon’s 75th birthday, the night boasted a roster of the most renowned [...]

Truly one of the greatest voices popular music has ever known, Roy Orbison’s greatest talent was his ability to convey oceans of heartbreak in his high, lonesome falsetto. The purity and clarity of tone was — and still is — astonishing. To quote Lenny Kaye’s excellent column on the man, “His bel canto voice, a [...]

By Jayson Greene Every rapper has a pseudonym or five, and every major pop star has toyed with an “alter ego.” But no one turned those personalities into a bloody Cuisinart blur like Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, aka Slim Shady. In his hands, identity was more than a branding exercise: It was a thrilling, high-stakes [...]

It’s that time again — time to take a look at what eMusic staffers and members have been listening to lately. As usual, this month’s installment runs the spectrum and, no matter what your musical taste, you’re sure to find something you love. If you’re in the US, you can read it here — international [...]

Last week, the amazing Baltimore band Ponytail released their latest masterpiece, Do Whatever You Want All the Time. Like all of their albums, it’s a giddy rush — a straight shot of psychedelic adrenaline guaranteed to turn any room day-glo. I had the privilege of interviewing Ponytail back in 2008, and we talked about their [...]

Interview: Peter, Bjorn & John By Kevin O’Donnell Peter Bjorn and John may be indie rock’s canniest chameleons. Over a half-dozen records, they’ve dipped into every conceivable style, from straight-up bids for chart domination (2007′s worldwide smash “Young Folks”) to austere, beat-savvy hip-hop to groovy instrumental albums like the ones on 2008′s underrated Seaside Rock. [...]

(one of these people is Edwyn Collins) [A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to interview one of my lifelong heroes, the incredible, unmatchable Edwyn Collins, for a Jukebox Jury. We'll be putting the feature up on eMusic in a few days, but I thought I'd post it here first.] On Feb. 20, 2005, [...]

Radiohead The King of Limbs ATO/TBD Release Date: 29 March 11 By Jayson Greene In a SPIN cover story during the press run-up to Hail To The Thief, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien mused to Chuck Klosterman about longevity in rock. “I’m interested in bands as beasts,” he said. “I’m interested in U2 and the Rolling [...]

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Belong [Slumberland] Release Date: 29 March 11 By Matthew Fritch The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s 2009 debut album was so well-versed in the arcane classics of twee, shoegaze and C86 guitar jangle that it seemed less like a rock album than a studied, masterful thesis statement. [...]

Hey all! A clutch of new releases — including brand-new Duran Duran, eccentric French art-poppers GaBLe, killer Benin funk, and more — below the jump. Join us!

Hey all…it’s a lightish week, but here are a handful of things International subscribers might be interested in checking out. The Dodos, No Color – The hyperactive folk-rock boys of The Dodos trimmed their delightfully short fuses at the wick with their last record, which resulted in the somewhat mannered and overly polite record Time [...]