Thursday Music News

Daily Roundups
02/04/2016
Janice Headley
photo by Dave Lichterman

  • Get excited: Brooklyn's Parquet Courts return this Spring with their fifth full-length, Human Performance, out April 8th via Rough Trade. Stream the first single "Dust" below, and check out its accompanying video, directed by Johann Rashid. Parquet Courts will be LIVE on KEXP on Monday, February 22nd at 1:00 PM PT, and KEXP presents the band at Neumos later that night. [Consequence of Sound]

  • Not only do Seattle electro-cuties Crater have one of the best album titles I've heard in a while (Talk To Me So I Can Fall Asleep), but the first single from it is just as fantastic. Stream the track "Summer Skin" below. You can hear an exclusive in-studio session from the duo Saturday, February 20th on Audioasis on KEXP! Talk To Me So I Can Fall Asleep hits stores on February 26th via Help Yourself Records. [Stereogum]

  • We've got more new music to share from Swedish electro-pop group Miike Snow: check out the track "I Feel the Weight" below, which is a little less dancier than the previous single we shared. Their upcoming album iii hits stores on March 4 via Atlantic Records, and they'll bring the new songs live on Sunday, April 10th at The Showbox. [Spin]

  • Oxnard, CA rapper Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night for a high-energy performance of two tracks from his latest, Malibu. Watch him perform "Silicon Valley" and "The Season/Carry Me" below, and keep track of all these late night television highlights with KEXP's TV Eye column. [Pitchfork]

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