As Maps, James Chapman made a splash in the U.K. last year with his indietronic hit “Lost My Soul”, and now he and his 16-track have produced his first full-length album, We Can Create. ...

Coming near the end of their tour with Tapes ‘n Tapes and Ladyhawk, the Brooklyn-based Harlem Shakes’ Jose Soegaard and Kendrick Strauch sat down with QRO under quite unique circumstances. ...

In the second half of this wide-ranging interview, The Harlem Shakes talk about their favorite cities they've played, rehearsing at the 'end of the world', musical comparisons, recording vs. live, reading Playboy for the articles, and more...
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The National deliver their most impressive album yet with Boxer, adding an interesting complexity to their sad indie-rock. ...

English with a pinch of Icelandic, Fields finished up their U.S. tour on Saturday, May 19th at New York’s Mercury Lounge with a powerful, encompassing performance....

The U.K.’s Tonight Is Goodbye delivers an emo pop/punk on the four-song The Birds and The Bees EP that is fresher than most of what the aching genre delivers in its native U.S....

After a number of well-received shorter efforts and taking time out to start his own booking agency, Krist Krueger has found the time to turn his solo project, Southerly, into a full-fledged band with a full-fledged LP, Storyteller and the Gossip Columnist. ...

Chicago's The Sea and Cake have been on hiatus since 2004, but they've got a new release in 'Everybody', and on it, their indie-rock take on '70s easy-listening is at its best. ...

With New Moon, the late, lamented Elliott Smith gets a fitting and evocative send-off in this collection of early, unreleased session material from the (unfortunately named) Kill Rock Stars label....