The Amy Winehouse/Adele comparisons are inevitable, and yet Kendra Morris brings her own distinct throwback soul bent to Mockingbird, a crate-digging collection of covers that touches upon everything from the Rolling Stones ("Miss You") to Radiohead ("Karma Police"). Due out later this summer through Wax Poetics Records, it's as worth a listen as anything that's ever landed in the label's cult magazine... more »

FADER has premiered a new track that's reportedly taken from Earl Sweatshirt's eagerly awaited debut album Doris. Much more sinister than last year's "Chum" single, the Mac Miller collab features a syrupy, strychnine-laced beat and the kind of pitched-down vocals everyone seems to favor these days... more »

After spending much of the past year holed up in his new Athens home — a rural part of Georgia, not Greece — and Ben Allen's (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Gnarls Barkley) Atlanta studio, Washed Out has finally wrapped his second full-length record. Due out August 13th through Sub Pop, Paracosm is described as a sun-baked counterpart to the nocturnal transmissions of Within and Without. Or as Greene put it in a press release, "I knew from the beginning I wanted this record to be optimistic, very much a daytime-sounding album...I just imagined being outside, surrounded by a beautiful, natural environment."

Here's what he means in A/V form... more »

Fahey fans will find much to love about the spare storytelling of Glenn Jones. A shining example of American Primitivism, he says more with his finger-picked, alternate-tuned guitar than most singers. That's certainly the case on My Garden State, a record that was written in the same childhood home where Jones recently cared for his mother. (She suffers from Alzheimer's.)

Follow the twists and turns of one standout track — the limber and loose "Bergen County Farewell" — down below... more »

Well now, I think we all know what today's real-or-Onion headline is: as confirmed by Cash Money co-founder Birdman, Paris Hilton has signed to Limp Bizkit's label for her first solo album in seven years. According to Miss Info, the follow-up to Paris will feature "plenty of house music with touches of hip-hop and an appearance from Lil’ Wayne." Oh, and the executive production of Afrojack.

Here's hoping Banksy finds a way to invade the digital realm with a culture-jamming stunt like the one he did around Hilton's last album. In the meantime, here's the first sign this was going to actually happen... more »

According to NME, Trevor Bolder, a longtime bassist for David Bowie and Uriah Heep, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.

Bolder is best known for his work in Bowie's Spiders From Mars band, as well as albums like Aladdin Sane and Pin Ups. He joined Uriah Heep in 1976 and remained in their lineup right on through their 2011 record, Into the Wild. Uriah Heep posted the following official statement on their Web site... more »

Once a star pupil of the chillwave class of ’09-10, (which also featured Washed Out, Toro Y Moi and Neon Indian), Small Black, on their second full-length, has graduated from the hazy hallmarks of the sub-genre. Limits of Desire is a meditation on technology and the elements of modern society that foster emotional separation: Reveling in a newfound crispness in both production and vocals, frontman Josh Kolenik wears his heart on his sleeve across ten tracks of Instagrammed lyrics about love, escaping the big city, and being “reckless as rain.” more »