The “chillwave” band Neon Indian, who released their debut record in 2009, has recently announced that they will be releasing their sophomore LP, Era Extraña, on September 13th via Mom + Pop music. Watch a short trailer of one of the tracks off the album called “Heart: Attack” and check out their tour dates

The video for Foster the People’s “Helena Beat” was directed by Ace Norton and certainly shows the dark side that Foster the People has only given us hints at. The video depicts a post-apocalyptic landscape and kids beating up the members of Foster the People, though I won’t spoil the ending for you

Primus will release their first studio album in 11 years on September 13, 2011 on ATO Records and Prawn Songs. The album, titled Green Naugahyde, was produced and engineered by Les Claypool in his personal studio, Rancho Relaxo, in Northern California, and features Claypool, long-time guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane

Whether it’s the doo-wop vibe of ‘Dead Wrong’ or the rock ‘n’ roll declaration of ‘Build, Destroy, Rebuild’ one thing is clear, I have a new favorite artist on the scene. Hanni El Khatib, fresh off tour opening for Florence & The Machine and a few of his own shows with Bass Drum of Death, took some time out to answer a few questions for MishMashMagazine

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Blink-182′s new single, “Up All Night,” that premiered last night. “Up All Night” still makes their familiar punk sound work, but with the more mature lyrics

Pittsburgh duo 1,2,3 just dropped one of the standout debut albums of 2011 with their Frenchkiss Records release ‘New Heaven’. Pitchfork stated that ‘New Heaven’ hinted at good things to come, but if you listen more than twice most listeners will realize that the goods have undoubtedly already arrived

Later this year Microsoft will be launching a new music service via Xbox live known as Xbox Music. The service will incorporate Kinect functionality, allowing players to search for music through voice commands from a library of over 11 million songs