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Tame Impala Announce North American Arena Tour With Djo, Dominic Fike

Around the same time that they released their album Deadbeat last year, Tame Impala headed out on a quick North American arena tour. It looked fun, but Kevin Parker and his band only played eight US shows, and they skipped a bunch of cities. Since them plenty of things have happened, including a Grammy win and a new “Dracula” remix with Jennie from Blackpink. This summer, Tame Impala will return for some more North American arena shows, and they’ll have a couple of indie heartthrobs with them.

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The Paranoid Style – “Passionate Kisses” (Lucinda Williams Cover)

At the end of the week, the Paranoid Style — the rock band led by the great singer-songwriter, journalist, and occasional Stereogum contributor Elizabeth Nelson — will release their new album Known Associates. They’ve dropped a bunch of advance tracks, which we will include at the bottom of this post, but today our focus is…

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Tinariwen – “Imidiwan Takyadam” (Feat. José González)

Tuareg desert blues veterans Tinariwen have a world tour coming up, but it won’t come to North America because of the extremely fucked-up travel bans currently in place in the US. This shit sucks! The band’s new album Hoggar comes out next month. We already posted the album’s lead single, a take on the traditional…

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Powerplant – “The Fork”

The Ukrainian-born, London-based weirdo Theo Zhykharyev makes bugged-out synth-punk with his one-man project Powerplant, and his new album Bridge Of Sacrifice arrives next month. After sharing the title track, Powerplant has a new song, an eerie incantation called “The Fork.” “The Fork” starts out a little bit like what might happen if Mount Eerie tried…

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Rosalía Shares “Sauvignon Blanc” Video, Talks Euphoria Role

Last November Rosalía released LUX, one of the Best Albums Of 2025. In March she’ll kick off a massive world tour in support of the album, but first, she’s releasing a dramatic video for its equally dramatic piano ballad “Sauvignon Blanc,” directed by Noah Dillon. Watch it below.

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