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The boys are back. And they are still funny.

Big name returns still continued as the year drew to a close - Arctic Monkeys revealed their initial plans for what’s likely to prove a busy 2022.

Our recap of the stories we featured during the past seven days includes a fresh look at a George Harrison classic.

The star-studded video celebrates the 50th anniversary of Harrison’s solo album All Things Must Pass.

Tré Burt’s sophomore album, You, Yeah, You, is out today on Oh Boy Records and was lauded by Ann Powers on NPR’s New Music Friday today where the venerable music critic says “Tré is a master storyteller...he is able to combine really vivid, beautiful imagery with really sharp social commentary”.

The U.S. rock outfit today drop "Path Of Wellness," their 10th studio album.

Path of Wellness, out this Friday, June 11th via Mom + Pop. The track has a kind of mellow feel as the guitars and bass twist around each other under a steady drum shuffle, but the song occasionally swells to something a bit more ragged. “I know, I’m singing about love,” Carrie Brownstein pleads on the chorus, “I’m sorry, I’m singing about love/And it sounds like hate/It’s too late to sing about love.” “Method” also arrives with a lyric video, which was directed by Lance Ban...

They’re also airing a variety show tomorrow, featuring songs and in-depth interviews

Path Of Wellness by sharing the single “Method” along with an accompanying lyric video. Path Of Wellness is due out this Friday, June 11 via Mom+Pop. “The song is a scrappy plea for tenderness, a grasp at vulnerability in times that require toughness and armor,” noted a press release regarding “Method.” Sleater-Kinney, which consists of Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein, self-produced the 11-track LP. The pair were joined by local musicians to record the album last year at a stu...

This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2001 Week continues with an interview with Shins singer/songwriter James Mercer, as he looks back on the song that took him from a struggling Southwestern musician with an uncertain future to frontman for one of the biggest indie bands of the 21st century: "New Slang."  In the late-90s, James Mercer was a twenty-something guitarist/vocalist, building tracks on a computer in a New Mexi...