Bartees Strange

Montclair, NJ's Nicolle Maroulis' third album as Hit Like a Girl (and first for Refresh Records) arrives in April and you can hear the very promising lead single now...

‘alchemist rats beg bashful (remixes)‘ features glass beach covers and remixes from Dogleg, backxwash, Nnamdi, Skatune Network, and floral tattoo and more.

Setting up in basement crammed with musical instruments, recording equipment and plants, Bartees and his band played four songs off last year's great Live Forever....

The charity comp also features Roger Harvey & Anika Pyle (covering Antarctigo Vespucci), Into It. Over It. (covering Queen of Jeans), From Indian Lakes' Joe Vann (covering Dogleg), glass beach (covering Jeff Rosenstock), Slingshot Dakota (covering The Wonder Years), and more...

Shamir, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, TOKiMONSTA, Kelly Lee Owens, Daniel Avery, Rina Sawayama, Tkay Maidza, Ryan Hemsworth, Zola Jesus, JD Samson, Jlin, The Blessed Madonna, Sam Smith, Boys Noize, and more also paid tribute to the influential producer, who passed away at 34.

It's a big week for Bartees Strange; he's also playing his excellent debut album, Live Forever, in full on a free livestream on Saturday

The free virtual set, the first live full band performance of ’Live Forever,’ streams from Will Yip's Studio 4.

As they've done in years past, Wilco have shared a list of some of their favorite albums of the year, and have made a playlist to go with it.

NYC record store Other Music may be gone but we've got year-end lists from 20 of their staff members.

From Run The Jewels to Fiona Apple to Hum to Bartees Strange to Napalm Death to Mary Lattimore, here are our favorite albums of this whirlwind year...