The New Pornographers

This week's playlist includes new music by Everything But the Girl, M83, U.S. Girls, Vagabon, El Michels Affair and Black Thought, The New Pornographers, Paramore, Belle and Sebastian, and more.

Fifty things to look forward to this year, including Everything But the Girl, Protomartyr, Róisín Murphy, Yo La Tengo, Drop Nineteens, Orbital, Mozart Estate, Robert Forster, Sparks, US Girls, and more.

‘Continue as a Guest,‘ New Pornographers’ first album for Merge, will be out March 31.

Plus: Agent Orange, Saintseneca, Na-Kel Smith, A Vulture's Wake, Big Thief, Suede / Manic Street Preachers, Weyes Blood, TWIABP, Paramore, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Low, Bikini Kill, Wild Nothing, Deer Tick and more tour and festival news.

Canadian duo Frontperson -- aka New Pornographers’ keyboardist/ vocalist Kathryn Calder and Mark Andrew Hamilton (aka Woodpigeon) -- are back with their second album, ‘Parade‘

The comp comes with a web presentation featuring essays and commentary from David Byrne, Shirley Manson, Waxahatchee, Julien Baker, Kevin Morby, Allison Russell, Margo Price, and more...

The lineup also includes Lil Wayne, John Fogerty, Charli XCX, Death Cab, Modest Mouse, Portugal. The Man, Taking Back Sunday, Big Boi, Anthrax, Violent Femmes, The Breeders, Parquet Courts, Bob Mould, and much more...

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Bill Callahan & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Deep Throat Choir, and reissues from The New Pornographers and The Long Blondes.

The shows were extra special in that they featured both Dan Bejar and Neko Case, making for a rare convergence, along with AC Newman, of the group's primary creative forces and vocalists.

The New Pornographers' debut album, ‘Mass Romantic,‘ is getting a new vinyl reissue as well.