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The 10 Best Belle and Sebastian Non-Album Songs

The 10 Best Belle and Sebastian Non-Album Songs

This might not be so far away from a best-of list of all Belle and Sebastian songs, considering how these tracks show the breadth of the group’s styles and moods.

The 10 Best Suede Songs

The 10 Best Suede Songs

Join us as we celebrate the 10 best Suede songs and their mastery of one of Britain’s great modern artistic traditions: the pop single.

The 20 Essential Pavement Songs

The 20 Essential Pavement Songs

This stroll down memory lane’s shady lane only underscores how a collection of Stephen Malkmus’ sharpest turns-of-phrase comes off like a veritable Bartlett’s Famous Quotations for the Gen X indie set.

Listening Ahead: Upcoming Music Releases for June 2015

Listening Ahead: Upcoming Music Releases for June 2015

Catch an early glimpse of new albums from Jamie xx, Sun Kil Moon, and Hudson Mohawke.
Mikal Cronin: MCIII

Mikal Cronin: MCIII

It's easy to assume that an artist will keep developing each time out, but Mikal Cronin shows that he doesn't take his evolution for granted on MCIII.
Listening Ahead: Upcoming Music Releases for May 2015

Listening Ahead: Upcoming Music Releases for May 2015

Get the early word on new albums by My Morning Jacket, the Tallest Man on Earth, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Built to Spill: Untethered Moon

Built to Spill: Untethered Moon

Built to Spill's guitar-driven sound is the indie-rock equivalent of comfort food, indulgent and satisfying in how familiar it is.
Speedy Ortiz: Foil Deer

Speedy Ortiz: Foil Deer

They may party like it's 1995, but 2015 might just be the year of Speedy Ortiz.
Fact and Fiction: The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Wrestling and the Creative Process

Fact and Fiction: The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Wrestling and the Creative Process

The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on the “most musically interesting record by a country mile”, the wrestling-themed album Beat the Champ.

Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Modest Mouse: Strangers to Ourselves

Modest Mouse: Strangers to Ourselves

On Strangers to Ourselves, Modest Mouse often come off like strangers to themselves.
Natalie Prass: Natalie Prass

Natalie Prass: Natalie Prass

Natalie Prass is technically a self-titled singer-songwriter debut. It's just that it doesn't sound like any of those things.