By Surprise

Listen to new songs by Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse/MF DOOM, James BKS/Q-Tip/Little Simz/Idris Elba, Kacey Musgraves, Weezer, Say Hi, J Balvin, Peter Bjorn & John, Local Natives, and more.

Plus: Christina Aguilera, Ryley Walker, This is Not This Heat, Metric, Jeff Rosenstock, and more just-announced tours and shows.

Piebald's reunion tour also includes shows with Knapsack, Modern Baseball co-frontman Brendan Lukens, By Surprise, and Limbeck.

'90s-style indie rockers By Surprise put out a new song on a compilation last year, and promised that a new album would come soon. (Their last release was 2013's Criteria EP on Topsh...

Brooklyn's annual Gigawatts Festival returns this year with a lineup that's bigger and more impressive than ever. The fest happens July 24-26 at The Wick & The Well, and artists playing include Black Lips, Braid, A Place to Bury Strangers, Liturgy, Swearin', Beach Slang, Cheap Gir…

NJ's By Surprise haven't put out any new material since 2013's solid Criteria EP on Topshelf, but that's set to change this year. The band is planning to release a new album at some point, but first their new song "I Can See The Sun" will appear on the To Show That You&…

Boston hardcore band lovechild (ex-Cerce) have an awesomely titled new record, Migraine Music, coming out September 1 via Mayfly Records, produced by American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost drummer Alex Garcia Rivera...

Philly's Everyone Everywhere and NJ's By Surprise are two of the better "new emo" bands, and despite their proximity to NYC, it's been a while since either band has played here...