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This week: reviews of new records by A Certain Ratio, Kid Congo Powers, Paraorchestra (members of Suede, Portishead, more), Parisian band Dog Park, and Montreal’s Population II

‘That Delicious Vice’ is Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds’ first album in eight years and will be out April 19.

The takeover also includes guided tours with lead guitarist Noodles, a full band Q&A, DJ sets, flash tattoos, and more.

Dead Kennedys’ East Bay Ray, Alice Bag, CJ Ramone, and others are guiding upcoming Punk Rock Museum tours too.

Created by Bikini Kill’s Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice Cooler, the benefit album also features The Raincoats, Alice Bag, The Linda Lindas, Kelley Deal and more.

Young punk band The Linda Lindas, who were hand-picked to open one of Bikini Kill’s reunion shows in 2019 and then tapped by Amy Poehler to cover ”Rebel Girl” in her new Netflix movie ‘Moxie,’ went viral after playing their song ”Racist, Sexist Boy” on an LA Public Library livestream, and they’ve now signed to Epitaph Records…

Xiu Xiu’s albums of duets is out now, and they’ve shared a new video for the song with Sharon Van Etten, directed by the band’s Angela Seo.

Chelsea Wolfe, Alice Bag, Haley Fohr, Owen Pallet, Greg Saunier of Deerhoof, and more also feature on ’OH NO,’ Xiu Xiu’s twelfth album.

Listen to new songs by Ric Wilson, Lande Hekt, Atom & His Package (They Might Be Giants cover), The Lasso, 2 Bears’ Raf Rundell, Tycho (Com Truise remix), and more

”This is a statement about there being no tolerance for predatory behavior in the rock scene,” producer L.G. of Thelma and the Sleaze says.