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Strange Ranger are continuing their impressive run of albums with Remembering The Rockets next month, the full-length followup to 2017's Daymoon. The Portland band have shared one track from it so far, "Leona," and today they're putting out another, "Living Free," a pillowy one that sounds like fireworks going off in … More »View the full article

Swedish pop singer Lykke Li released her latest album so sad so sexy last year. And later this summer, she's releasing still sad still sexy, a companion EP of new music and remixes. Today, she's sharing a remix of the perfectly titled so sad so sexy single "sex money feelings die." … More »View the full article

Marika Hackman is releasing a new album, Any Human Friend, in a couple months. We've heard "I'm Not Where You Are" already and today the English musician is sharing the album's second single, "The One." In a press release, Hackman says that its "probably the poppiest song I’ve ever written," adding: "I loved … More »View the full article

Daptone Records is celebrating a milestone by releasing their 100th 45rpm vinyl pressing, dubbed Daptone's 100TH 45: The Daptone Family. The label has been home to many icons, such as the late Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones. Today, they're sharing the A-side, a song called "Hey Brother (Do Unto Others)" honoring the life of some of its musicians. More »View the full article

Joy Division's iconic debut album Unknown Pleasures turns 40 years old on Saturday. To celebrate the anniversary, the band has announced Unknown Pleasures: Reimagined, a project in which 10 different directors create new music videos for each of the tracks on the album. More »View the full article

Earlier this year, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O, alongside the producer Danger Mouse, released a collaborative full-length project entitled Lux Prima. The two are still working together and recently appeared on an episode of SiriusXM Sessions, hosted by Julia Cunningham, where they performed a few songs from Lux Prima as well as a cover of… View the full article

Ben Folds Five’s debut album introduced the public to the idiosyncratic singer-songwriter’s wiles in 1995 -- but of course, Foldsheads* know that his recording career officially began in 1988 with the self-produced EP from Majosha, a band the multi-instrumentalist played bass in before breaking through. So you can imagine Danny Fonorow’s surprise when, while sifting … More »View the full article

A previously unreleased Miles Davis album is finally seeing release. Rubberband was originally recorded in the fall of 1985, but was shelved after Davis made the transition from his longtime home at Columbia Records to Warner Bros Records. He would abandon it in favor of Tutu, which was released in December 1986, leaving the Rubberband … More »View the full article

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. More »View the full article

Haruomi Hosono has become indie-rock's old It Boy in the last couple months, between Mac DeMarco pledging allegiance to the esteemed Japanese musician by covering him and inviting him on stage and Vampire Weekend sampling him on their new album Father Of The Bride. In a new … More »View the full article

One of the most delightful aspects of this year's Record Store Day release slate was the promise of new Julien Baker recordings. Since she leveled up with 2017's Turn Out The Lights, Baker has not bequeathed us with any new solo tunes, though she was of course 1/3 of the braintrust … More »View the full article

Enlarge / A 5G Intel logo is seen during the Mobile World Congress on February 26, 2019 in Barcelona. (credit: Miquel Benitez/Getty Images) Apple is still looking into the possibility of acquiring Intel's Germany-based modem business, The Information claimed yesterday, citing sources familiar with Apple's plans. Intel has reportedly considered selling off pieces of its modem business, and the heart of that business is in Germany, where Intel acquired and integrated Infineon for $1.4 billion in 2011. The engineers that ended up in that division previously worked on chips that ended up in the iPhone about a decade ago. This is not the first we've heard of Apple's interest in Intel's business. A Wall Street Journal report in April claimed that Apple was looking into making an acquisition then. In a statement to CNET and others, Intel said that it has seen "significant interest" in its 5G modem business but did not name any specific companies or partners. The statement is further quoted in CNET and AppleInsider, saying: Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article

Google's first official picture of the Pixel 4. So you want some Pixel 4 news, do you? After rumors started flying that the Pixel 4 would support Project Soli, Google's radar-based gesture chip, Google has offered an official response. It's, uh, a picture of the Pixel 4. What you see above comes from Google's official hardware-focused "Made by Google" Twitter account, which, along with the picture, commented, "Well, since there seems to be some interest, here you go! Wait 'til you see what it can do. #Pixel4." This is certainly not what we're used to from company PR, but we'll take it! With Google's official picture, we can confirm a number of things about the Pixel 4. First, there's a giant square camera assembly that looks like it comes out of the phone quite a bit. If the early renderings of the iPhone 11 from in-the-know people like OnLeaks are any indication, Google and Apple could have rather similar-looking devices—from the back, at least. Read 4 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article

Mac Miller's first posthumous verse arrived today on "Time," the new single from Anderson .Paak's tour band the Free Nationals. The track features Miller rapping about leaving a relationship, growing while away, and yearning to return. R&B singer Kali Uchis delivers the hook, "Without you, I'm miserable / I think I got too comfortable," and one can't… View the full article

DMV rapper GoldLink has released his sophomore album Diaspora. The new record is the follow-up to the breakout MC's 2017 debut At What Cost and continues the buzz built by his previous mixtapes The God Complex and And After That, We Didn't Talk. The new album is GoldLink's foray into a more afrobeat sound, and features… View the full article