Like Stephen Merritt said it would, The Magnetic Fields’ new album, Love at the Bottom of the Sea is returning to the synth-pop sound you probably fell in love with…
Keep Reading...
Sleigh Bells may have pushed back the release of their highly anticipated sophomore album, Reign of Terror, but the duo are definitely ramping up their tour game. They have announced…
Keep Reading...
Porcelain Raft’s Mauro Remiddi is on a hot streak with his woozy, reverb-drenched electropop jams. The latest track to see daylight from his debut record Strange Weekend, “Unless You Speak…
Keep Reading...
New Albany, Indiana might not be a musical mecca, and its latest prodigal sons (and daughter) Houndmouth might not have the greatest band name of all time, but press play…
Keep Reading...
In 2011, a handful of producers on German electro label Gomma were asked to reinvent four tracks from Casablanca Records’ renowned catalogue. They said yes, and a four-track covers EP,…
Keep Reading...
Xiu Xiu’s back with the promise of a new record and a single to promise it’ll be just as dark, cold, and synth-y as you’ve come to expect – we’re…
Keep Reading...
The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn is going solo, and he has an album called Clear Heart Full Eyes full of his classic story-songs and jammy folk-rock guitar interplay to prove…
Keep Reading...
Leonard Cohen is a man who needs no introduction, but we’ll remind you his upcoming record Old Ideas, out January 31, is his twelfth since 1967 and his first since…
Keep Reading...
You’ve seen the video with the tigers and cathedrals and forehead tattooed male model boyfriends, now you can enjoy Lana Del Rey’s smoldering, star-f*cked “Born To Die” for free, thanks…
Keep Reading...
“Swimmer’s Ear” is the new single from Nerve Junior’s exquisite As Bright As Your Night Light LP, our favorite album of 2011. The song’s now got a video that actually…
Keep Reading...
After a five-year hiatus and plenty of side projects, seminal Portland indie rockers The Shins are back with a new record Port of Morrow, their first on frontman James Mercer’s…
Keep Reading...
After a typical spree of fake posters, the organizers behind renowned California music festival Coachella have confirmed the real deal, and, predictably, it’s awesome. For the first time this year,…
Keep Reading...
Now that we know Radiohead are headlining this year’s Coachella, the band have announced a string of tour dates leading up to the festival. Ch-ch-check the dates out.
Keep Reading...
The LA producer Schlomo has been dropping records with some pretty So-Cal titles since he started attracting attention last summer – first Bad Vibes, now an EP called Vacation. Our…
Keep Reading...
On January 24th, Secretly Canadian will release “Come To The City”, the latest single from The War on Drugs’ excellent 2011 album, Slave Ambient. That single’s b-side track, the previously…
Keep Reading...
Ital heavily samples the opening line from Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” and then mixes in Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” on “Doesn’t Matter (If You Love Him),”…
Keep Reading...
After nearly three years we finally get a taste of what’s next from The Big Pink, and it sounds like they’re stuck in neutral behind the very formidable Mack truck they thrust in motion with their masterful debut.
Keep Reading...
New father Jay-Z just posted this new Neptunes-produced song, “Glory”, dedicated to his infant daughter Ivy Blue Carter. Our favorite couplet: You’re my child with the child from Destiny Child…
Keep Reading...
We’re not talking about the conflict minerals or the Leonardo DiCaprio movie, we’re talking about the Vancouver producer Blood Diamonds, a.k.a. Michael Tucker, who makes what can probably best be…
Keep Reading...
Grimes’ Claire Boucher dropped two albums on niche Montreal label Arbutus in 2010, but she considers Visions, her debut with the storied 4AD, to be her first real release. Based…
Keep Reading...
Review & Stream: Dr. Dog - Be the Void
Review & Stream: Air - Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Review: Die Antwoord - TEN$ION
Two Playlists for Valentine's Day
Review & Stream: Sharon Van Etten - Tramp 
Bon Iver Does SNL; Kristen Wiig Does Lana Del Rey
PMA's 100 Best Songs of 2011
MP3: The Knocks - "Midnight City" (M83 Cover)
MP3: New Wild Nothing - "Nowhere" f/ Twin Sister
PMACAST No.038
MP3: Oberhofer - "HEART"
REC'D: Rhye - "Open"
REC'D: Willis Earl Beal - "Take Me Away"
REC'D: Fucked Up - "Year of the Tiger"
New: M.I.A. - "Bad Girls"
REC'D: Zebra Katz - "Ima Read" f/ Njena Reddd Foxxx
Album Review: ScHoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
Album Review: Cloud Nothings - Attack On Memory
PMACAST No.037
PMACAST No.036 | Coachella 2011
PMACAST No.035 by HARD MIX
PMACAST No.034 | Everyone's Fucked and They Don't Even Know
Album Review: Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester
PMA’s Best Albums of 2010
PMA’s Best Songs of 2010
Best Songs of the 2000s
Win: Florence + The Machine, Amy Winehouse vinyl
CONTEST: Vertical Wall Turntable
Win Two 3-Day Passes to Lollapalooza 2011 + $500 (ENDS TODAY)
Win $150 in PLNDR Cash + Pair of WeSC Headphones
Win a Pair of 4-Day Passes to (SOLD OUT) Bonnaroo 2011!