Tusk (2014)

Pelican, the instrumental quartet whose singular vision of heavy music eschews classification, have announced their first full length in six years, Nighttime Stories, is due June 7th via Southern Lord Recordings.

It's unfair to say that Fleetwood Mac had no pop pretensions prior to the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the lineup in 1975. When they were led by Bob Welch they often flirted with pop, even recording the first version of the unabashedly smooth and sappy "Sentimental Lady," which would later be one of the defining soft rock hits of the late '70s…

Oh Land is the stage name of Danish singer and artist Nanna Øland Fabricius. "Family Tree", Oh Land's first album in 5 years, is a deeply personal reflection on family, loss and love, and is a much more intimate album than anything she's released before. It was produced by Thomas Bartlett, known for his work with Sufjan Stevens, The National, St. Vincent, Florence & the Machine and many others. "Since the release of my last album, Earth Sick (2014), I've experienced the biggest ups and downs of my private life," explains Oh Land. "Through it all, music has been the friend who always listens and never judges. In melody and music I've found some healing and the songs that have come out of it are deeply personal."

Lindsey Buckingham hadn't recorded a studio album with Fleetwood Mac in 16 years when Say You Will was released in April 2003. His partner, Stevie Nicks, had been missing in action from the group since 1990, and while both joined the reunited group in 1997 for a tour and live album (The Dance), not to mention Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration, it had been a long, long time since the two made new music for the Mac…