At the beginning of February the groundhog told us that winter is fake and summer is real. This is probably in lieu of global warming. Some states experience a very summery winter – states like Florida. With the inspiration of forever summer comes upbeat pop with an experimental synth-y sound in Animal Collective’s tenth studio album Painting With released on February 19th, 2016. While band member Deakin is still M.I.A (he was also absent from 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion), Avery...
On January 5th, Philadelphia based indie rockers, Dr. Dog released this new single. It’s sort of in celebration of their finally making an official album release of their very first cassette-recorded and online-bootlegged “first album”, Psychedelic Swamp. Their sound is kind of 60’s inspired psych-pop and is very easy on the ears. The band describes the music thusly; “This song is filled with things that nobody knew what to do with but just didn’t have the heart to throw away,” says Toby...
Earlier this month, Explosions in the Sky announced The Wilderness, their first studio album since 2011’s Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. Today, they’ve announced a tour in support of the album that includes dates in the U.S. and in Europe. Check out their schedule below. On Twitter, the band also states that they’ll be announcing “many, many, many more” dates in the coming months. The Wilderness is out April 1. You can pre-order it here. Explosions in the Sky: 04-19 Glasgow, Scotland –...