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ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard Dead At 77

Frank Beard, the drummer who helmed the kit in ZZ Top for 56 years, has died. Beard was in hospice care when he died Monday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas with his family at his side, a rep confirmed to the Associated Press . He was 77. The post ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard

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Jake Xerxes Fussell – “Boney” & “Boll Weevil”

Last month, Jake Xerxes Fussell announced his new album The Old Beloved Path . He shared the lead single " Rock Island Line ," which was his take on the American traditional. Today, the folk singer-songwriter is back with "Boney" and "Boll Weevil." The post Jake Xerxes Fussell

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How Strange It Is – “Tough Luck”

Naming your band How Strange It Is must be some kind of indie-rock sleeper cell activation, but the Portland combo is playing it coy by not naming their debut album To Be Anything At All . Instead, the record is called There Is No Evil , and judging by how successfully lead

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Bimbo – “Things Keep Getting Worse”

Surely you remember Bimbo, the sibling duo who recently signed to the illustrious indie institution Exploding In Sound and caught our attention with the announcement of their debut album The Bimbonacci Sequence , whose title has earned many compliments from Stereogum commenters

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Blondshell – “Fur Elise”

Beethoven's "Für Elise" is one of the most famous pieces of piano music in the world, and now it is also the title of a Blondshell song, though without the diacritic. The new single is the latest preview of her third album Violin , arriving next month. The post Blondshell –

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Brennan Wedl – “High Priestess”

Brennan Wedl's eponymous debut arrives in just a few days. So far the Nashville singer-songwriter has shared the alluring previews " Pretty Little Fantasy ," " Let's Be Models ," and " Two Dollar Pistol ," and today she's releasing the tarot-inspired ballad "High Priestess."

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Bloc Party – “Pigwig”

Imagine that you're in a relationship and your partner's pet name for you is "Pigwig." How would that ever work? How would you have a future with this person? I truly don't believe it would matter that the nickname had a cute backstory or an emotional resonance. I'd have to get

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Gang Of Youths – “Things Take Time”

Not so youthful anymore, are they? It's been four years since Gang Of Youths, the earnest and anthemic Australian rock band, released their deeply personal masterpiece angel in realtime . But they've been posting teasers from the studio, they recently returned to the stage with

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Index – “Earth”

Alan Creedon and Alex Lichtenauer used to be two thirds of the great Philly DIY punk trio Control Top, and now they're the two members of Index, a new electronic-influenced punk duo with a heavy, exciting sound. Next month, they'll release Vis Inertiae , the debut album that

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Meadow Announce Self-Titled Debut Album: Hear “Yon”

The word "meadow" connotes a certain level of peaceful natural stasis. A meadow is a place to relax, to watch butterflies and let sun rays hit you. But it would appear that there's nothing static about Meadow, a Bay Area band with a huge and fuzzily angular guitar sound. Before

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Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Announces New Sushi Restaurant

Between Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer, Maynard James Keenan juggles many musical commitments , but his entrepreneurial endeavors might keep him even busier. The man blessed with one of the world's most powerful angelic/demonic howls is also a gastronome extraordinaire.

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Ellie Goulding Sues Former Managers Over Live Nation Ties

The UK pop star Ellie Goulding has filed a lawsuit against her two former managers, Ben Mawson and Ed Millet of TaP Management, claiming that they didn't disclose that their management company was owned by the giant touring company Live Nation, first partly and then fully.

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NOIA – “As Per My Last Email”

"As per my last email" is just an absolute nightmare phrase, a thing that you hate to see. It's also the title of NOIA's new single, a skittering, thumping, glitched-out avant-club track about the neverending always-online hell of office-job life in our corroded present. With

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Holy Motors – “Hellishly Hot”

In June, Holy Motors announced their third album Heaven's Night . So far the Estonian dream-pop/alt-rock band has shared the title track and " Tough Crush ," and now they're back with a sultry, enrapturing tune called "Hellishly Hot." The post Holy Motors – “Hellishly Hot”

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Stef Chura – “Lovesick” & “Thunder And Lightning”

Detroit indie rock fave Stef Chura is returning from a seven-year absence this fall with new album Dancing Alone On The Concrete . She made it in Athens, Georgia with Robert Schneider and his Elephant 6 associates, and half of R.E.M. played on the twangy, jangly lead single "

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Julia Holter – “Materia 2”

We're just a few days away from the release of Julia Holter's next album. On Friday, the gauzy, expansive singer and composer will share her new LP Materia , and we've already posted her tracks " The Laugh Is In The Eyes ," " Fantasy ," and " My Lost One. " To tide us over

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Wishy – “Sensational”

Wishy love to have fun. The fuzzy, catchy indie rockers always sound like they're having the time of their lives, especially on the Nature's Pill singles " Lovesick " and " All The Rage ." Now, the band is unleashing another ecstatic anthem called "Sensational." The post Wishy

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The Tubs – “Now And Then”

A new press release today describes the Tubs as a "Celtic jangle boyband." I love that, and I love them. The new Merge signees have been rolling out new album Hard Life this summer, sharing the advance tracks " Who's Gonna Love You Now? " and " Stoop To Me ." They've got a

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Squirrel Flower – “Cleveland”

It's Squirrel Flower Summer. So far the Chicago indie darling has previewed Say A Prayer To The Gods Of Getting Going with " Reelin ," " Not Me ," and " Sick Tooth ," and now she's sharing a sweeping, sun-drenched shredder called "Cleveland." The post Squirrel Flower –

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