OK! Are you guys ready to get bummed out? Because it’s the week before Valentine’s Day and, man, do we have some sad records for you. I mean, sad even for indie rock, which has sad basically branded into its DNA. So if you’re ready to be heartbroken, let’s get going. Sharon Van Etten, Tramp: [...]

Hey everyone! Some great ones that I know we’ve been waiting for are here, starting with the best emo record of the past five years (ED Note/Fact Checkers’ Dept: I don’t listen to emo) with Cloud Nothings’ Attack on Memory. Let’s start there, shall we? No matter how weird it gets, don’t stop holding my [...]

Simone Dinnerstein sold out Miller Theatre on Thursday, and everyone I saw filing into the hall had that anticipatory glint in their eye when they’ve prepared themselves for Something Special. No one looked bored, or there out of obligation, or distracted. Everyone looked oddly expectant. The woman behind me noted, with fondness in her voice, that [...]

Hey, have you guys heard anything about this Lana Del Rey person? I feel like no one’s talking about her. What I wouldn’t give to find out any information on her. Seems real mysterious. Well, whoever she is, we have her record and a whole lot of others today. Let’s go! Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas: [...]

Hello all! Welcome back to NA in the UK. New Portico quartet, live Wire, crunching hardcore from the Veils, bleak folk from Petra Jean Phillippson, and more, after the jump!

If indie rock has patron saints, Steve Lamacq’s one of them. His radio show on BBC is the source for countless hopeful indie bands — a cosign from Lamacq is a step up the ladder to a wider audience, who have been conditioned to trust Lamacq’s keen ears and gimlet eye without hesitation. He wrote for [...]

The first HUGE new release day of 2012, so strap in and get ready for a pretty comprehensive rundown! Dave Sumner‘s got your jazz picks, and I’ve got the rest. Here we go!

Hey all, we’ve got some fine new releases on the UK store this week, so let’s get into it, shall we? Craig Finn, Leila, First Aid Kit, Pulled Apart By Horses, Nada Surf, Liz Green, and more, after the jump.  

Hello! Welcome! It starts with a trickle, but always ends in a deluge: there are new records to talk about this week: Kathleen Edwards, Cate Le Bon, Chick Corea, Matthew Dear, Ani DiFranco, new Sleigh Bells, and much, much more after the jump.

HELLO! Welcome back! 2012! Here we are! Doing it in the 0-1-2! This will be the last relatively quiet week we’ll be having here for a while, I think. A handful of new titles and some really worthwhile catalog stuff, along with Dave’s usual, fantastic jazz roundup. Here we go! Keepaway, Black Flute: New Yorkers [...]

The last week before the holidays, and we are down to a trickle as far as new arrivals. This will be the last New This Week roundup of 2011. Where does the time go? Not into some kind of bottle, I can tell you that much. And now, one last run through the stacks before [...]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. By which I mean: there’s hardly anything coming out. Let’s dive into the few treasures under the tree this week.

You asked; they answered. Below the jump, the Twitter Q&A with the Denver, CO duo Breathe Carolina.

Even though the new release cycle continues to slow down, we’ve still got a few banner new releases today, alongside some hidden gems. Let’s dive in.

Hello! As some of you may have noticed, there was no New Arrivals roundup last week — largely because there were only a handful of records that came out on Tuesday, and short weeks have a habit of being relatively uneventful. But we’re making up for it today, with a batch of new albums to [...]

The Unthanks cover Robert Wyatt and Antony Hegarty, Hospital Records celebrate their 15th anniversary, Vladislav Delay returns, and more, after the jump.

We’re getting ready to close the gate on another year and, as such, the New Arrivals onslaught is slowing to a trickle. However! We’ve still got a smattering of new albums from trusted favorites — along with a few below-the-radar gems — to keep things interesting until we all hit the holiday madness. So! Here [...]

eMusic is thrilled today to announce our first-ever iPad app: eMusic Scenes. We’ve been working on this for a while now, and we’re happy to be able to share it with all of you. Scenes was designed to bring you the stories and faces behind some of music’s major movements — from Italian Opera to [...]

New Oneohtrix Point Never, David Lynch’s first album, Kele from Bloc Party gets loose, Olof Arnalds covers Arthur Russell, new EMA, and much, much more, after the jump.

The gracious Trevor Hall consented to a Twitter Q&A: you asked, he answered! Below, read his thoughts on India, culture shock, his favorite reggae album, his first tattoo, and more.