Ganser are back with another Animal Hospital preview, one that technically began all the way back in 2001. “stripe” follows “Black Sand” and “Discount Diamonds,” and it’s a hypnotic, existential little number.

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.

Earlier this year, a Richard Linklater-directed biopic of Lorenz Hart titled Blue Moon premiered at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. It stars Ethan Hawke as the lead, alongside Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott, and the first trailer is here.

In March, the Voidz released “Blue Demon,” their first material since last year’s Like All Before You. Today, the Julian Casablancas-led band surprise-dropped an EP called MęĞż øF rÅm.

Meet Dovetail, a duo made up of Vassar students Brynne Mershon and Naomi Sullins. The pair met at an open mic night, where they immediately bonded over Elliott Smith. Taking influence from acts like Mazzy Star, Weyes Blood, and Beach House, Dovetail’s first offering is the wispy “raining here, too,” which they released Friday (July 25).

Over the past couple of months Pickle Darling, the project of New Zealand musician Lukas Mayo, has shared the sweet indie pop singles “Massive Everything” and “Human Bean Instruction Manual.” Mayo is following those up today with the new single “Violence Voyager,” along with the news that all three of those songs will appear on the forthcoming Pickle Darling album Battlebots, out in September.

Fleshwater, the great heavy shoegaze band who came out of the hardcore scene five years ago, are right in the middle of a steady upward trajectory. When they released their 2020 demo, Fleshwater were merely a side project of Vein, the awesomely chaotic metallic hardcore band from Boston. By the time Fleshwater released their full-length debut We’re Not Here To Be Loved in 2022, they had fully eclipsed Vein, and they’ve only gotten bigger since then. Earlier this year, Fleshwater opened an arena tour for Deftones and the Mars Volta. This fall, Fleshwater will embark on a North American tour with Angel Du$t opening half of it and Chat Pile opening the other half; it’s one of this year’s must-see shows. Before that tour kicks off, Fleshwater will release a brand new album.

Suede don’t sound sad on their new Antidepressants single. Perhaps the SSRIs are working. “Dancing With The Europeans” is the Britpop band’s third single from their forthcoming album, following “Disintegrate” and “Trance State,” and it’s a lot of fun.

Earlier this month Laura Groves announced her new EP Yes and shared the enrapturing preview “Deep Blue.” Today the Yorkshire singer-songwriter is back with the mesmeric title track.

London’s Fat Dog specialize in a berserk, dancefloor-friendly form of post-punk. With their rave allusions, they remind me of the Rapture, if they had a shouter instead of a shrieker on lead vocals. Last year, Fat Dog released their debut album WOOF. and followed it up with the one-off single “Peace Song.” The band just got a lot of attention for their Glastonbury performance, and they’ll tour North America later this year. Now, they’ve got another new single out.