Andy Hull was inspired to start writing the record while rummaging around in his suitcase looking for his lyric notebook & instead found The Valley of Vision, a 1975 book of old Puritan prayers his mom had given to him the previous Christmas. The album finds the band re-inspired once again, & is accompanied by an album length film shot in VR + 3D computed radiography technology.

On his latest release, Vasquez reflects more on his new day-to-day experiences: raising two young children in the Texas Hill Country with his partner, recently entering full-time sobriety, and generally dealing with all of the complexities of an adult life. As always, however, Vasquez wraps these tales in the charismatic, guitar-driven pop-rock people have come to expect from his Delta Spirit songs.

The apocalypse is stupider than anyone could've predicted. Fortunately, the absurdities of modern life have always been prime subject matter for Seattle-based foursome Mudhoney, and the band take aim at all of them with typical barbed humor and muck-encrusted riffs on their 11th studio album. *Available on Limited Loser Edition Shiny Gray Matter Color Vinyl*

Known for rapping quick-witted lyrics over hip hop beats & cinematic production, NF has built a loyal fanbase that has earned him over 30 billion global streams & established NF as one of the most consumed artists today. On Hope, the artist turns inward and upward while encouraging positivity through dealing with 30 years of past trauma and working toward a greater version of self.

Long Cool World is a blissful collection of instrumental folk tunes from Patrick McDermott and Barry Walker. As North Americans they continue to tip-toe the line between folk and ambient, carving out their space in the cosmic pastoral genre. Their ultimate goal being to mimic the rhythm and beauty of the small everyday moments in our lives.

Pushing forward with the intensely self-aware truth-telling he’s always brought to his music, Ruston Kelly immersed himself in the making of The Weakness: a blisteringly honest, but profoundly hopeful album that reveals our potential to create strength and beauty from painful experiences. “I hope it helps people to see that tragedy doesn’t have to be the period at the end of the sentence.”

The highly anticipated debut album, With A Hammer, sees Yaeji excavating her inner world with full force, resulting in her most thrilling and personal work yet. Her singular, hybrid-sound synthesizes influences of Korean indie rock and electronica, late '90s and early 2000s hip hop and R&B, and leftfield bass and techno, combining into introspective, dancefloor-ready tracks.

As a bold departure from Young’s sparse electronic pop and the atmospheric indie-rock of The Fight, Winner encompasses a warm and luminous sound sculpted from a tightly curated mix of elements: earthy guitar tones, elegantly rugged textures, and the duo’s heavenly harmonies. In staying true to their origins, Overcoats also incorporated frenetic beats that perfectly echo New York’s pulsating electricity.

“The Love Still Held Me Near was born out of unimaginable loss and the subsequent journey through the grief and heartache that followed. It’s about digging deep down into yourself and attempting to unearth hope and light in the things that can comfort you through those times. For me that has always been writing and recording music, so that’s exactly what I did.” - Dallas Green / City and Colour

The group's ninth album and first for Merge establishes them alongside modern luminaries like Yo La Tengo and Superchunk when it comes to their ability to evolve while still retaining what made them so special in the first place. A dazzling and intriguing collection of songs that are truly built to last, Continue as a Guest finds the band exploring fresh territory and shattering the barriers of their collective comfort zone.

Different Game is something of a misnomer. Rather, it’s the continuation of a fabled legacy and one that has not only stood the test of time but remains vibrant and invigorating all these decades on. Some 60 years after serving in the front lines of the so-called ‘60s British Invasion, they, like all good zombies, came back from the dead, making some of the best music of their career.

15th anniversary. You could say ObZen is some sort of a best of album of the band’s early works combined with fresh, new songs at that moment in time – but that´s only half the truth. Some parts are still slo-mo groove infernos like the groundbreaking hit “Bleed”, but others, like the opener "Combustion", are high speed-massacres like the band never did before. Pure technical ass-kicking mayhem!

If you want to understand how French producer Alan Braxe ended up making some of the most important house music records of the late 1990s and early 2000s, you need to understand his modus operandi. Everything has to be simple; and everything has to be sincere. This newly reissued version of The Upper Cuts adds seven bonus tracks, including remixes and two completely new tracks.

Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus treat us to a full-length record and it’s everything a debut album should be: exploratory, explosive and full of heart. Each of the album’s tracks comes as somewhat of a surprise, from the opening a capella composition to tender (anti)lovesongs, to heavy, nonchalant bangers. There's an uncontainable energy that seems inevitable when three wildly talented songwriters assemble.

Stowaway isn’t just a matter of satisfying the expectations of patient fans who would’ve accepted pretty much anything passable from Samiam at this point; this is a genuinely brilliant record even with all context removed – proof of one of the best and perhaps most underrated punk bands of their era and beyond. It should be more than enough to convince anyone new to the band to dig into their rich and ludicrously consistent discography.

The Hold Steady’s 9th full-length comes as the band turns 20 years old. It is their third record with producer Josh Kaufman, and most expansive record yet, while also being unmistakably a THS record. Singer Craig Finn says “These are some of the most cinematic songs in our catalog. I feel like we went somewhere we haven’t before, which is a very exciting thing for a band that is two decades in.”

Consisting of members from R.E.M., The Minus 5, and The Baseball Project, the bi-continental collaborators share their third album, paying tribute to the artists that populate their turntables. Through their upbeat 60s-style indie sound infused with psychedelic flourishes, The No Ones honor Nick Lowe, Pamela Polland, George Harrison, Jenny Lewis, and Phil Ochs, among others.