NPR’s got a full stream of the new Panda Bear album, Tomboy, which comes out officially on April 12. It’s the first full-length from this Animal Collective dude since 2007. Check it out.

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Hype Machine seems like a strange enterprise with tentacles but if they come bearing gifts maybe we’ll ignore the suffocating part. Here is something. Stream Warpaint’s new album on Hype Machine. These local gals are moving on up in the world. Some who hated the early stuff like the new stuff and other who liked [...]

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Kronos Quartet connect the severe to the serene with four sets of strings and a preternatural sense for ceremony and resonance. They will be performing several shows this month including work by Harry Partch, Frank Zappa and a commissioned piece by film composer Tom Newman called “It Got Dark.” This interview by Dan Collins.

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The Happy Hollows self-released their first album Spells in October—satisfying months of local anticipation—and today they begin their month-long residency at Spaceland. Bassist Charles Mahoney speaks now about the new album, his new book on Latin America insurgencies and making friends with French people at CMJ. This interview by Britt Witt.

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dan monick | installation by lucy burrows

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