Nation of Language

Listen to new songs by Nyck Caution/Denzel Curry, Lael Neale, Antonioni, DJ Muggs, Menahan Street Band, Nick Waterhouse, Sarah Mary Chadwick, Hiss Golden Messenger, Yumi Zouma, and more...

Listen to new songs by Billie Eilish, Liturgy, Sheff G, Joan of Arc, Ryan Hemsworth/Hand Habits, Tom Vek, RMR, Pete Rock, KALI, and more...

Listen to new songs by Davido/Lil Baby, French Montana/Benny the Butcher, Quakers, Chilly Gonzales, Vessel, Grade 2, The Best of the Worst, and more...

Listen to new songs by Headie One, Westerman, A.A. Williams (Deftones cover), Sam Prekop, Paul Weller, Charli XCX, Jessie Ware, Jacknife Lee (ft Beth Ditto), and more.

Listen to new songs by The Mountain Goats, Pet Symmetry, END, Flat Worms, RVG, Disheveled Cuss (Tera Melos), Mountain Time (Mineral), Xibalba, The Memories (ft. Colleen Green), and more...

Listen to new songs by Austra, The Warlocks, Anna Calvi & Julia Holter, Holy Wave, Automatic (remixed by Peaking Lights), Satan, Monolord's Thomas V. Jäger, and more.

Listen to new songs by Six Organs of Admittance, Otoboke Beaver, Nation of Language, CocoRosie, Hilary Woods, Knxwledge, Eerie Gates (Wild Pink), and more.

Brooklyn’s Nation of Language make classic-sounding synthpop hearkening back to early-’80s acts like OMD and Visage. Frontman Ian Devaney (who also plays in Fabrizio Moretti’s Strokes offshoot machinegum) actually cites OMD's "Electricity" as inspiration for "Rush & Fever," t…

Plus: The House of Love, The Bush Tetras, Big Country, Pronoun, DMX, Cam'ron, Quasi, Garcia Peoples, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, and more tour-related news.

25 hand-picked musicians form five ad-hoc bands who must write songs and perform them the same day. Members of Phony Ppl, Jets to Brazil, Dirty Projectors, PC Worship and more will also be part of this year's Brooklyn Rock Lottery.