Back in 2006, Horse Feathers were making a lot of noise, metaphorically speaking. The Portland band released their debut album Words Are Dead right between the freak folk craze and the emergence of more polished indie-folk superstars like Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver, and their music could be understood as a bridge between those phases. It’s so intimate that Justin Ringle sometimes seems to be whispering and wailing directly to you from the same cozy piece of furniture, and the folk instrumentation manages to feel ancient and avant-garde all at once.

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Living Weapon came crashing into the Boston metalcore scene with their 2021 Paradise EP. Now the band — which is fronted by Vein.fm bassist/backing vocalist Jonathan Lhaubouet — is announcing their full-length debut, Death In The Family.

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The long-running UK alt-rockers Wolf Alice swerved in a pop direction on last year’s The Clearing, and that’s not the last pivot they have in them.

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In May, Jorja Smith reunited with Nigerian-British producer P2J for “What’s Done Is Done,” and now she’s announcing a new album. What Are The Odds arrives this summer, and we get another preview today with “Alive” featuring Wizkid.

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Joseph Nash plays guitar in the London art-rock band Blue Bendy, but he also heads up a project called Dying 4, mixing together woozy, art-damaged emo with UK dance genres like garage and bassline. They’ll drop their debut EP Perish Songs two months from now. Nash has this to say about the origins of his peculiar style:

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You’ve heard of “Summer Babe (Winter Version).” Now let me introduce you to Winter, singing about summer, on “hollow (mixtape version).”

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Since releasing her full-length debut Frontiers Woman in 2021, Angela Autumn has been opening for acts like Bonny Light Horseman and Cut Worms, and her great 2023 track “Electric Lizard” took off. Now, the Appalachian-born and Nashville-based musician is announcing her second album, Believer, which arrives this fall. “Mountain Stream” is out alongside the news.

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On Monday (June 29), we had a beautiful Strawberry Moon and Peter Gabriel had to celebrate with a new song called “I Belong To The Sky,” as part of his ongoing oi project, whose releases are aligned with lunar cycles.

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Are you excited for this Westside Cowboy album? You should be. The young Manchester rockers will release their debut LP It Goes On in August, and after lead single “Kick Stones (The Boys)” and their prior EPs, we’re chomping at the bit for the rest of this thing to drop. We get a second preview from the It Goes On tracklist today with the release of “Pin Up Boys.”

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Titling your album Cancel Me (I’m Tired) in 2026 is certainly a choice, and London dance-rockers Fat Dog have chosen it. They may be tired, but the faux-outrageousness on display here is exhausting me as well. Good thing the live show is fun. Plus, some percentage of the people at those Foo Fighters stadium shows Fat Dog are opening in Europe this week will probably find the album title amusing.

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