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Plus: new songs by RJD2, mui zyu, Raveena, Fana Hues, Nelly Furtado/Tove Lo, Mamaleek, and more.

Gastr del Sol release rarities and live recordings more than 25 years after disbanding, cementing their influence on experimental music.

Making their thunderous return to Aotearoa playing a headline event at Auckland Town Hall this

Cake were perfectly positioned for mid-90s success. Artists willing to experiment and incorporate different genres were about to ascend briefly in popular music.

The venerable J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. drifts on this unimaginative release that takes no risks and leaves little enduring impression.

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring of Shearwater's Fellow Travelers, and for the next three days we'll post commentary by frontman Jonathan Meiburg on each of the al

For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring of Shearwater's Fellow Travelers, and for the next three days we'll post commentary by frontman Jonathan Meiburg on each of the al

John Davis and Lou Barlow revisit the song, album, and soundtrack that helped make the Folk Implosion a seminal trip-hop-indebted indie-rock success story.

Beth Orton interview and new music from Wilco, Shabazz Palaces, Animal collective, and more, plus a classic Sharon Van Etten Album Tribute

Hurlow’s novel “Deep Sea Feline” and coming EP “Ventriloquist” balance serious craft and self-aware, psychedelic silliness in equal measure.