For indie rock bands of the Internet age, leading a new trend is a bit like whitewater rafting. Sometimes, you can catch a nice current and glide your way to Pitchfork Media's "Best New Music" section ...

Wild combinations yield wild results. This week's playlist includes Los Pirañas' squiggly psych-cumbia, Jessica Pavone's stirring string drone... Listen to this playlist on Spotify or Apple Music.

Of all the bands to emerge from the mid- to late-aughts “shitgaze” explosion in Columbus, Ohio, I loved Times New Viking the best. Despite breaking up a decade ago, they still get plenty of rotation ...

"They butchered it, and it was humiliating," he told Rolling Stone. "Why don't they leave their millionaire fingers off it? They've long lost the ability to play true metal in my opinion. Maybe I ...

Maria Chávez's Plays is sourced completely from a soundless, locked-groove double LP. You suddenly find yourself in a white room with no windows or doors. What adjectives describe how you feel? It's a ...