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03/15/2016
Janice Headley
photo courtesy of neworder.com

  • Electropop pioneers New Order stopped by the Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night in support of their most recent release, Music Complete -- their first new release in over a decade, and their first without founding bassist Peter Hook. Watch them perform the single "Singularity" below, complete with visuals from the music video projected behind them. And check out an in-depth review of the legendary band's tenth LP on the KEXP Blog. [Spin]

  • It's the environmental initiative from those known by initials: M.I.A. is teaming up retail chain H&M for World Recycle Week, taking place April 18th through 24th. To combat the "environmental impact of clothes going to landfills," the store encourages shoppers to exchange their unwanted clothing for store credit. M.I.A. will launch a video on April 11th with a new song, written especially for the campaign. [Rolling Stone]

  • Oklahoma garage-rock band BRONCHO release their third album, Double Vanity, on May 27th via Dine Alone Records, and today, you can get a taste with the track "Fantasy Boys." A press release says the forthcoming full-length "finds the band slowing into a darker and hazier groove." Their publicist adds, "This new album is a big tonal change for the band -- it's darker, murkier, and I think, sexier." [Under the Radar]

  • West coast rapper Aesop Rock (real name: Ian Matthias Bavitz) returns this spring with the full-length The Impossible Kid, out April 29th via Rhymesayers Entertainment. In support of the release, he's been sharing these fun weekly videos discussing the album. In today's installment (which you can watch below), Bavitz goes to therapy with a cartoon bear doctor. Watch below: [Pitchfork]

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